‘I had spoken to BCCI…’: Jasprit Bumrah opens up on missing out on captaincy for England Test series

Jasprit Bumrah opened up about becoming the Test captain of the Indian Cricket team for the upcoming five-match Test series against England which is scheduled to start form June 20th.

In a recent interview with former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik on Sky Sports, Jasprit Bumrah revealed that he was considered for captaincy by the BCCI selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar. However, the star pacer had to withdraw his name due to “workload management.”

However, following Rohit Sharma’s retirement, Shubman Gill was named captain for the England series, with Rishabh Pant appointed as the vice-captain.

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“Before Rohit and Virat retired during the IPL, I had spoken to the BCCI about my workloads going forward in a five-test match series. I’ve spoken to the people who have managed my back.” Bumrah said

“I’ve spoken to the surgeon as well, who’s always spoken to me about how smart you have to be about the workloads. So I did speak to him, and then we came to the conclusion that I have to be a little smarter. So then I called the BCCI and said I don’t want to be looked at in a leadership role because I won’t be able to give all the Test matches in a five-test match series,” Bumrah added

Jasprit Bumrah has been dealing with injury concerns for a while, and the BCCI has confirmed that he won’t be featuring in all five Test matches of the upcoming series against England.

“Yes, the BCCI was looking at me for leadership. But then I had to say, no, that it’s not fair for the team as well, that, you know, a five-Test match series, three matches, somebody else is leading, two matches, somebody else is leading. It’s not fair to the team. And I always wanted to put the team first,” he concluded