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Jasprit Bumrah has returned to Team India from Ireland tour.
He has been made the captain of the T20 team on this tour.
New Delhi. Jasprit Bumrah has returned to Team India after fully recovering from back surgery. He is captaining Team India on the tour of Ireland and passed the first test with top marks. Both as a skipper and as a bowler, Bumrah has managed to make a mark since his return. He took 2 wickets in his first over in international cricket. In the match, Bumrah bowled 4 overs with perfect rhythm and pace, making it clear that he is all set to give the batsmen sleepless nights again. Bumrah will not only add to the difficulty of the opponents but will also present a challenge to his teammates upon his return. This partner is none other than Hardik Pandya.
With the return of Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya’s ODI vice-captaincy has come under threat. According to a report by news agency PTI, after returning to Team India, Bumrah has now become a major threat for Hardik. It is now a battle between Bumrah and Hardik Pandya for the ODI vice-captaincy in Team India and Bumrah may take the lead in the race. The report claims that Bumrah may be made the vice-captain in place of Rohit Sharma in the Asia Cup and World Cup.
Bumrah is senior to Pandya in leadership
One of the reasons is said to be Jasprit Bumrah being senior in the leadership role. In fact, Bumrah vice-captained Team India in the ODI series on their tour of South Africa last year. After this in July last year when Rohit Sharma was injured, Bumrah was made captain of the Indian Test team for the only Test on the tour of England. In such a situation, he can get this opportunity in the Asia Cup.
Bumrah may be made vice-captain in ODIs
BCCI sources told PTI, “Don’t be surprised if you see Bumrah as the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team for both the Asia Cup and the World Cup. This is the solid reason why Bumrah was handed the captaincy of the team on the Ireland tour instead of Rituraj Gaikwad while Rituraj will captain the Indian team in the Asian Games after the Ireland tour. In such a situation, it was believed that only Rituraj would be captained on the tour of Ireland, but it did not happen.
If this happens, Hardik Pandya will lose the vice-captaincy in ODIs and in the event of a change in the captaincy of Team India after the World Cup, only Bumrah will take over the captaincy of Team India in ODIs after Rohit. Hardik is currently the captain of the T20 team. India did not lose the first five series under his captaincy, but most recently Team India lost a T20I series against a weak West Indies. Many veterans questioned Pandya’s captaincy in this series. He made many shocking decisions throughout the series.
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Tags: Hardik Pandya, India vs Ireland, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Team India
First published: August 20, 2023, 08:44 IST