It’s Official: Bumrah To Be India’s 36th Test Captain; Check Full List Of Skippers

Birmingham: It’s official — Jasprit Bumrah will, indeed, be leading India in the one-off Test against England on their 2022 tour.

The fast-bowling spearhead will become India’s 36th Test captain when he goes out for the toss against English skipper Ben Stokes at Edgbaston on July 1.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who led India in the recent T20 International series against South Africa at home, will be Bumrah’s deputy, BCCI tweeted.

NEWS 🚨 – @Jaspritbumrah93 to lead #TeamIndia in the fifth Test Match against England.@RishabhPant17 will be the vice-captain for the match.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/ueWXfOMz1L

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 30, 2022

Bumrah was very much in contention for the top job since the day Rohit Sharma tested COVID-19 positive five days ahead of the rescheduled fifth and final match of last year’s series which was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns in the Indian camp.

Rohit, racing against time to be eligible for the Birmingham Test, was keen to play. However, he tested positive again. Coach Rahul Dravid said on Wednesday that the team management was monitoring Rohit’s condition and hinted that he could play in case he tested negative.

On the eve of the Test, though, the team had to take a call, and Rohit was ruled out.

INDIA’S TEST CAPTAINS

CK Nayudu – 1932 to 1934

Maharajah of Vizianagram – 1936

Nawab of Pataudi (Sr) — 1946

Lala Amarnath – 1947 to 1952

Vijay Hazare – 1951 to 1953

Vinoo Mankad – 1955 to 1959

Ghulam Ahmed – 1955 to 1959

Polly Umrigar – 1955 to 1958

Hemu Adhikari – 1959

DK Gaekwad – 1959

Pankaj Roy – 1959

GS Ramchand – 1959 to 1960

Nari Contractor – 1960 to 1962

Nawab of Pataudi (Jr) – 1962 to 1975

Chandu Borde – 1967

Ajit Wadekar – 1971 to 1974

S Venkataraghavan – 1974 to 1979

Sunil Gavaskar – 1976 to 1985

Bishan Bedi – 1976 to 1978

GR Viswanath – 1980

Kapil Dev – 1983 to 1987

Dilip Vengsarkar – 1987 to 1989

Ravi Shastri – 1988

K Srikkanth – 1989

M Azharuddin – 1990 to 1999

Sachin Tendulkar – 1996 to 2000

Sourav Ganguly – 2000 to 2005

Rahul Dravid – 2003 to 2007

Virender Sehwag – 2005 to 2012

Anil Kumble – 2007 to 2008

MS Dhoni – 2008 to 2014

Virat Kohli – 2014 to 2022

Ajinkya Rahane – 2017 to 2021

KL Rahul – 2022

Rohit Sharma – 2022

Jasprit Bumrah – 2022.