Gautam Gambhir has increased the meeting with the new captain, important to deal with the Jasprit Bumrah issue: report

India’s captaincy was for him, but since January 4 in Sydney, Peerless Jasprit Bumrah is slowly back into the race, and it would be difficult for him to avoid the feeling of shortchen. The role of the leadership was for him until he quietly left the Sydney Cricket Ground on his back a few months ago for a scan. In the absence of Bumrah, any expectation of India, winning the final test against Australia, went into smoke, but that special injury also said about his possibilities of India’s long -term test captain.

“I am surprised that we are looking at other options other than Bumrah as Test Captains. He is concerned about his injuries? Then choose your vice-captain carefully,” former India Test Player and Pandit Sanjay Manjrekar wrote on his official ‘X’ handle.

The presence of head coach Gautam Gambhir in Mumbai, for offering worship at the Siddhivinyak temple, was working overtime mills that Shubman Gill was still not making a deal for the role of leadership.

With the new Captain-in-Whats, a few days ago having an extended meeting with the head coach in the national capital, there is little chance for selectors or serious to retreat from their original stand.

There were rumors that influential people who run Indian cricket are not happy with Gill’s sudden height, but it would be completely foolish that those powerful men were not taken into confidence before the Punjab batsman was zero as the next Test leader.

He leaves Bumrah, now 31, in a situation where the captaincy of permanent India can look like just a distant dream and, based on the informed opinion, it will be difficult for him to play five tests on the Trott.

In the past, Ravi Shastri was bypassed during his best days, first by contemporary Chris Srikanth and then by a younger Mohammad Azharuddin.

Down Under, Late Shane Warne was the best captain to lead Australia, but it was a lot with the off-field antics of the famous leg-spinner.

In the case of Bumrah, the selectors had a very fast, spontaneous hand leader, but their concern is also understood. What happens in the case of breakdown?

Freak on-field injuries cannot be controlled, but stress fractures (back), side strain, knee, and hamstring related problems are faster than the bowlers face fitness related issues.

An injury to the morning of January 1 in Sydney, and Bumrah was out for three months. Earlier, he missed out on 11 months of action due to an on-field breakdown just before the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2022.

Moving forward, how the atmosphere of the dressing room depends on how Bumrah eventually takes this decision in his strid.

Needless to say, this young skipper gill and experienced dressing room figure will require a lot of man management to ensure that Bumrah is worthy of respect and place.

It is an open secret that a serious star is not a fan of culture and believes that in the team’s environment, everyone is the same. But, even if that perception is correct, there will always be someone who is more than the same, and that person will need an additional leve to move forward.

If one sees the current Indian testing team, only two real match winners in the terms – Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.

The champions are a rare species, and they need to be mollyicoded several times to get the best.

If Bumrah is not made the captain, the Onas will be as much on the Gambhir-Gill pair as Mavric will be on the pace of Gujarat to take the team in the right direction.

Bumrah does not require much technical assistance as a bowler, such as Ravichandran Ashwin, is very certain about his craft. He does not need to coach, but whatever is necessary is an abundant understanding of how he works.

If Bumrah is on the song, Gambhir will be the director of a symphony, but if he does not get support, it will not take long for things to convert things into cacophone.

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