{"id":8914,"date":"2025-05-07T19:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=595431"},"modified":"2025-05-07T19:41:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:11:51","slug":"jasprit-bumrah-likely-to-captain-india-in-test-cricket-as-rohit-sharma-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/jasprit-bumrah-likely-to-captain-india-in-test-cricket-as-rohit-sharma-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasprit Bumrah likely to captain India in Test cricket as Rohit Sharma announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"394\">Just minutes after confirming his retirement from Test cricket, <strong data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"304\">Rohit Sharma\u2019s exit has reignited the leadership debate in India\u2019s red-ball setup<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"364\">Jasprit Bumrah emerging as the likely frontrunner<\/strong> to take over as Test captain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"470\">Rohit, in a heartfelt Instagram post featuring his India Test cap, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"647\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"647\">\u201cIt\u2019s been an absolute honour to represent my country in whites. Thank you for all the love and support over the years. I will continue to represent India in the ODI format.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"1036\">The announcement came shortly after reports surfaced that the BCCI had decided to <strong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"770\">move on from Rohit\u2019s Test captaincy<\/strong>, following a string of poor results \u2014 including five losses in India\u2019s last six Tests under his leadership. According to <em data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"912\">The Indian Express<\/em>, the selectors held a series of meetings and are believed to have informed Rohit and senior BCCI officials of the decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1353\">In Rohit\u2019s absence, <strong data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1107\">Jasprit Bumrah has previously captained India<\/strong> \u2014 notably in the 2022 rescheduled Test against England at Edgbaston. He remains the <strong data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1251\">only fast bowler after Kapil Dev to lead India in Tests<\/strong> and is now widely tipped to take over full-time. However, no official announcement has been made yet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1353\">He also led in the previously player Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024 as Rohit was rested out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1620\"><strong data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1371\">Shubman Gill<\/strong> is also being viewed as a long-term leadership option, especially given his age and consistent performances across formats. But with Bumrah\u2019s seniority and calm demeanour, <strong data-start=\"1544\" data-end=\"1619\">he appears the most likely candidate to step in during the England tour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1755\">With India set to tour England soon and the WTC cycle heating up, an official decision from the BCCI is expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just minutes after confirming his retirement from Test cricket, Rohit Sharma\u2019s exit has reignited the leadership debate in India\u2019s red-ball\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":26142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}