Jasprit Bumrah asked Rohit Sharma to convert Rohit Sharma as a Test skipper as Report Name

Young batsman Shubman Gill has emerged as the top contenders to take Rohit Sharma’s position, which began with a long retirement after a long retirement as a Test captain after the retirement of the 38-year-old, with England’s five-observation tour in June, ESPNcricinpho said. Gill is being nominated as a Test Captain, looks unavoidable, as it seems that Jasprit Bumrah, who led India in two tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and took record-bracking 32 wickets in five trials, is likely to recall some tests and to stop injuries during the upcoming cycle for his workload management, which is a spnicinoff.

The squad is expected to be selected during the meeting of Ajit Agarkar -led selection panel later this month, ahead of the first test in Headingley from 20 June. With the closure of a fresh WTC cycle for the series 2025-27, the selectors want a captain who can be a long-term option, with the age being on his side with Gill, can be 25 years old.

The question of Rohit’s successor came to light, before he declared his retirement from the format, as he was struggling with the form in the last few months. During the Test season 2024-25, his form deteriorated, 164 runs in eight tests and to remove the border-gavaskar trophy in 15 innings from the Home Bangladesh series, with only one fifty. He also became the captain, who lost India’s first Test series 3–0 at home against NZ and he was also a captain for the majority of the Australia series, which India lost 3–1, who contributed to India’s exit from the WTC’s final controversy.

Bumrah is the vice-captain named BGT and led the team in two BGT tests, when Rohit was far away during the first test in Perth due to his child’s birth and in the final test when ‘Hitman’ was chosen due to the poor form.

But as an all-format leader of pace attack as Bumrah’s charge, after the Indian Premier League (IPL), after a tension injury in his lower back with his recent comeback in the game, the selectors have been worried.

The players who were in the Sydney Test, in the final test of the BGT series, KL led India in three tests, losing two to win two. Virat was the captain for a long time, winning 40 out of 68 matches, Rohit took over the reins.

Gill has never led India to test and lead in ODIs, but has a leadership experience in T20I, is away from home wearing armbands for five T20Is against Zimbabwe. He has also been the vice-captain of India. He has been leading the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the IPL since 2024, when his title winning captain Hardik Pandya decided to return home for Mumbai Indians (MI). This season, GT is at the top, with eight wins and three defeats, coming after a poor in the previous season, when he was near the points with just five wins in 14 matches. Gill is also the vice-captains named in both formats of white balls for India.

Since its inception in tests during 2020–21 BGT in Melbourne, Gill has been regularly tested, 32 tests with 1,893 runs in 32 tests, with five centuries, five centuries in 59 innings and the best score of 128 in 59 innings. Two fifties in his name.

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