Jasprit Bumrah led India in Perth Take a look at© AFP
The chatter round Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy credentials witnessed a pointy spike because the Indian group decimated Australia within the first of the 5-match sequence in Perth. Bumrah, main the facet within the absence of full-time captain Rohit Sharma, did not simply produce a masterstroke as a bowler but additionally guided his troops to extract the specified outcomes. India nice Sunil Gavaskar, who had advocated Bumrah’s title for your complete sequence’ captaincy, spoke in favour of the pacer’s management abilities once more after the conclusion of the primary Take a look at.
The Perth Take a look at was solely the second occasion for Bumrah as India’s skipper within the longest format of the sport. Whereas Rohit has proven no indicators of stepping down anytime quickly, the pacer has unarguably emerged as the largest candidate to take up the job when that occurs.
Although there are some who recommend tempo bowlers cannot be good captains, Gavaskar is not shopping for the ‘bakwas’ by any means.
“He’s only 30. So yes, clearly, he has shown that he can handle the cares of captaincy. Today also, the way he made the bowling changes tells you that he is putting a lot of thought into all his moves and once again disproving all that, you know, Bakwas that goes on that fast bowlers aren’t good captains,” Gavaskar informed India As we speak in an interview after the Perth Take a look at.
Gavaskar gave his vote of confidence to Bumrah ‘the chief’ whereas additionally citing examples of Kapil Dev and Imran Khan who’ve led their sides to large achievements previously.
“In our subcontinent itself, we’ve got Imran Khan, the fast bowler who’s been a fabulous captain. And we’ve got Kapil Dev, two top-class captains, excellent captains, so fast bowlers can also make good captains,” Gavaskar added.
Bumrah was requested concerning the captaincy state of affairs within the post-match press convention on Monday. The stand-in skipper clarified that Rohit Sharma is the full-time captain of the group and he’ll lead the facet within the the rest of the sequence.
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