Jasprit Bumrah led India in Perth Check© AFP
The chatter round Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy credentials witnessed a pointy spike because the Indian crew decimated Australia within the first of the 5-match sequence in Perth. Bumrah, main the aspect within the absence of full-time captain Rohit Sharma, did not simply produce a masterstroke as a bowler but in addition guided his troops to extract the specified outcomes. India nice Sunil Gavaskar, who had advocated Bumrah’s title for the whole sequence’ captaincy, spoke in favour of the pacer’s management abilities once more after the conclusion of the primary Check.
The Perth Check 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 is solely 30. So sure, clearly, he has proven that he can deal with the cares of captaincy. As we speak additionally, the way in which he made the bowling modifications tells you that he’s placing plenty of thought into all his strikes and as soon as once more disproving all that, you realize, Bakwas that goes on that quick bowlers aren’t good captains,” Gavaskar instructed India As we speak in an interview after the Perth Check.
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 up to now.
“In our subcontinent itself, we have got Imran Khan, the quick bowler who’s been a wonderful captain. And we have got Kapil Dev, two top-class captains, glorious captains, so quick bowlers may also make good captains,” Gavaskar added.
Bumrah was requested concerning the captaincy scenario within the post-match press convention on Monday. The stand-in skipper clarified that Rohit Sharma is the full-time captain of the crew and he’ll lead the aspect within the the rest of the sequence.
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