Shubman Gill India’s appointment as Test Captain meant Pesar Jasprit Bumrah Was left. According to Bumrah -ICC rankings, the number 1 rank test bowler in the world – was not considered due to the nature of his injury and concerns over fitness and workload. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar Confirmed that Bumrah was not likely to test more than three in the upcoming five -match series against England in June. However, despite these reasons, former India cricketer and famous expert Sanjay Manjrekar Bumrah is expressing his disappointment, which is not considered for captaincy.
Manjrekar said, “I felt strange about the selection, the captain’s choice. I just failed to understand why Bumrah was not considered too,” ESPNcricinfo,
Manjrekar said that Bumrah is not available for all tests, because there was no reason to make him a captain. Virat Kohli Or Rohit Sharma,
“The reason for this was that he had the possibility of not playing the entire series. We have Rohit Sharma who recently captained India and played only five Test matches out of five. We had Virat Kohli out of the Test matches in the past and did not play the whole series. But still, the captain,” said the captain.
Announcing the 18-member squad for the tour of England here on Saturday, Chairman of the selectors of India Ajit Agkar said that Bumrah does not have a clearance from medical staff and physio in all five trials of the series starting in Leeds on 20 June.
“I don’t think he is available for all five tests that Physio and doctors told us,” when asked whether Bumrah is available for the entire series.
During his final visit to Australia, India’s over-neutrality over Bumrah, where he took a few 32 wickets under five trials, forced Ekka Paper to lame out of the fifth and final match in Sydney and spend one and three months back to recover from a back problem.
Bumrah won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for his exemplary performance for its exemplary performance for the Mains Test Cricketer of the Year in 2024 along with the ICC men’s cricketer of the year.
With 11 wickets, Bumrah played an important role in India’s title winning run in the T20 World Cup in the US in 2024, and he ended with a rich slope of 71 wickets in only 13 tests last year.
But at the end of a successful run, Bumrah was forced to pursue his boundary as a bowler in Australia. Given the incredible charge, he eventually broke and even accepted it during the Melbourne test.
With PTI input
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