The curtain will soon be lifted on the new Test captain of Team India. However, cricket legends are still busy giving their opinions. The latest statement in this regard has been given by former Team India coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri said that he does not want Jaspreet Bumrah to be made the captain of Team India. He has also given the reason behind this.
Shastri has named Shubman Gill as the real contender for captaincy, while he also named Rishabh Pant during this time. The former coach believes that both these players have a lot of time to learn. Ravi Shastri says that if you make Jasprit Bumrah the Test captain, you will lose him as a bowler.
Ravi Shastri gave a big statement about Jaspreet Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah captained the Australia tour, but he got injured and due to this injury he could not even participate in big tournaments like the Champions Trophy. Talking to ICC, Ravi Shastri said,
“𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚.”
Ravi Shastri has also described Rishabh Pant as a good option along with Shubman Gill. He said,
“𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑺𝒐, 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒎, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔.”
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