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.
