India had a new Test captain at the toss at Edgbaston. Jasprit Bumrah became India’s 36th Test captain after Rohit Sharma was ruled out due to Covid-19. This also meant that Bumrah would be India’s first fast bowling Test captain after Kapil Dev. Also, it became a matter of controversy at the toss ceremony as Mark Butcher thought Dev was an all-rounder. In that case, he said that it was Bumrah who was the first fast bowling captain of the side on paper and not Dev as he was an all-rounder.
Being Bumrah, Bumrah dropped it and calmly ended the matter by saying: “Well, if you say so.” This happened during the toss, watch the video.
Bumrah was named India’s new Test captain after Rohit Sharma contracted Covid-19. Although there was some possibility that he might play at Edgbaston, the second negative RT-PCR test results ensured that he had no option but to pull himself out of the game.
England won the toss and decided to bowl. #Engwind pic.twitter.com/KYG4yBEeTG
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Bumrah was earlier made the vice-captain of the Indian ODI team on the tour of South Africa in January. Thereafter, he had expressed confidence that he could lead the team if pushed.
Earlier, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bowl. India In the rescheduled fifth Test starting here on Friday.
Jasprit Bumrah will be India’s 36th Test captain after captain Rohit Sharma tested positive for COVID-19. Shubman Gill is the only specialist opener while as a fast bowler, Shardul Thakur has been preferred over veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
teams
India: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj,
England: Alex Lees, Jack Crowley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Sam Billings, Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson.
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