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Right -handed batsman Shubman Gill can be made the captain of the Indian team in the Test. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Tests on 7 and 12 May. His retirement lacked leadership in the team. Rohit was a captain for 4 years. ANI quoted the source as saying, Gill is at the forefront of the race to become captain.
Apart from them, Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also in the race for captaincy. If Pant does not become a captain, he can be made vice -captain. The Indian team has to visit England from June 20, where a five -match Test series will be played.
Shubman is at the forefront of captaincy race Shubman is leading Bumrah in the race of captaincy. He has captained the team in ODI and T20. In the young batter, Yashasvi, Pant and Shubman are currently seen permanent. Shubman is 25 years old and Virat also took over the captaincy at almost the same age.
If Shubman does not become the captain right now, then the team can prepare him for further by making him vice -captain. In the last 5 years, the world’s pitches have been difficult for batting, despite this, Shubman has scored 5 centuries by batting.
Bumrah big contenders, fitness trouble Jasprit Bumrah captained 2 Tests on a tour of Australia. The team won in Perth, but the Sydney Test Australia won. In the first innings of the match, Bumrah became Inzard, he complained of back spasm. After which he could not bowl again in the match, due to which India could not even put pressure in the second innings.
Bumrah is often seen struggling with fitness, after being last engaged in 2022, he stayed away from cricket for about 15 months. It is also necessary to give them a rest of 1-2 matches during a long Test series. To win in India, it is not necessary to play all the matches of Bumrah. Therefore, it is difficult to become his permanent captain.
Still, if Bumrah becomes the captain, then the team will have to be made 1 or 2 vice -captains, who continue to take responsibility in the absence of Bumrah. However, according to media reports, Bumrah has refused to captain, citing fitness. He is also difficult to play all matches in England.
Rishabh Pant has scored a century in England There are only a few players in India’s current team, whose place in the playing-11 is not in danger. Rishabh Pant is one of them. Pant has become the world’s best wicketkeeper batter in the last 6 years. He has played several match winning innings in this format. Pant is also the only Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in Australia, South Africa and England.
Pant can be a little risky to make Pant captain, because his batting is also very risky. If the management makes him captain, then the team can see shocking results in the captaincy like their batting. Pant did not captain India in any format. However, he definitely has the experience of captaincy in IPL and domestic cricket. If Pant does not become a captain, he can be made vice -captain.
Gill can be ready under Rahul’s captaincy KL Rahul has been India’s top batter on foreign pitches in the last 5 years. He also holds a record of making a century by opening on the pitches of South Africa, Australia and England. After Rohit’s retirement, his opening is also considered confirmed.
Rahul also has captaincy experience in 3 Tests, in which the team also won 2 times. If the team wants a management stable option, then there is no better captain than Rahul. Shubman can be prepared in his leadership by making Rahul a captain for the England series itself.
First Test in England from 20 June
Team India will visit England in June. The first Test will be played on 20 June in the headingley. The tour will run till 4 August. Team India had drawn the last Test series 2-2 in England under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.