Test captain of India 2025: After Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah was the first choice to become the new Test captain, but he lagged behind in the race. The reason why Shubman Gill was chosen as the captain has been revealed.
India’s next test captain 2025: After Rohit Sharma’s retirement, Jasprit Bumrah was the first choice to become the next Test captain of the Indian cricket team. India won the only Test of the last Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia under Bumrah’s captaincy. But now it has been revealed why the fast bowler lagged behind in this race and why Shubman Gill was chosen as the new Test captain. Recently, a long meeting took place between head coach Gautam Gambhir and Gill, which confirmed that he is ready to take charge on the England tour (India tour of England 2025).
Rohit Sharma did not play in the first match of the last Border Gavaskar Trophy because he was going to be a father. India won this Test under the captaincy of Jaspreet Bumrah, after which Rohit took over the command but Team India lost the series. In the last Test, Rohit kept himself out of the playing 11, even then Bumrah was made the captain and he was the one who was expected to draw that lost match but it did not happen. In this Test, Bumrah was injured and out of the match and Australia won by 6 wickets.
Why did Jaspreet Bumrah keep lagging behind?
Many Indian legends have said that Shubman Gill is a good emerging player, but right now Jasprit Bumrah will be suitable as the new Test captain. He was also at the forefront in the race to become the new captain but lagged behind. He got injured in the last match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Bumrah, who went out of the field due to injury in the pitch, could not return for a long time. He remained out of the Champions Trophy, after which he did not even play in the initial matches of the IPL.
This is not the first time that Bumrah has been away from cricket for a long time due to injury. Even before the T20 World Cup in 2022, he was away from the field for 11 months due to injury. The selectors wondered if Bumrah should be given the additional responsibility of captaincy in the Test team due to workload concerns? Only after this did the selectors consider the next option and the name of Shubman Gill came up. He is playing continuously in this format.
Cricket boss did not agree?
Shubman Gill was not unanimously chosen for the Test captaincy. A PTI report on Thursday indicated that Gill’s sudden emergence had angered the ‘influential people who run Indian cricket’, but the BCCI chose him as the new captain and informed him about it. The report also stated that while Bumrah’s name could still come up in the discussion, the recent “extended meeting” between Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir in Delhi has almost confirmed him as the new captain. Gill is the captain of Gujarat Titans in the IPL, he has captained India in limited-overs.
The report said, “Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir being present in Mumbai to offer prayers at the Siddhivinayak temple has further fuelled rumours that Shubman Gill is still not ready for the leadership role. Given that new captain Gill had a lengthy meeting with the coach in Delhi a few days ago, there is little chance of the selectors or Gambhir backing down from their original stance. There were reports that the influential people who run Indian cricket are not at all happy with Gill’s sudden promotion, but it would be completely foolish to believe that those powerful people were not taken into confidence before Gill was chosen as the next Test captain.”
When will the Indian team be announced for the England tour?
IPL 2025 is still going on, BCCI was working hard to restore it due to its postponement, which is now starting from May 17. BCCI will announce Team India’s squad for the England tour before the IPL final.
