IND vs ENG live: India's captaincy merry go round continues, Jasprit Bumrah becomes 7th captain

IND vs ENG live: India vs England LIVE – Team India will have their Seventh captain to lead the squad since Rahul Dravid took over the reins of the Indian team. In the upcoming fifth test between India vs England Test at Edgbaston, Jasprit Bumrah will lead the squad after Rohit Sharma tested positive Covid and thus had to remain in isolation. Follow India tour of England LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN

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IND vs ENG live: India’s captaincy merry go round continues, Jasprit Bumrah becomes 7th captain of Rahul Dravid era – Check out

Ever since Rahul Dravid took over the role as Head Coach of the Indian team, there have been 7 different captains that have to lead the Indian squad after the conclusion of the ICC T20 World Cup. And now Jasprit Bumrah will be the seventh captain in the last 9 months.

“When I took this job, even I would not have predicted that there would be so many captains in the last 6-7 months. It happens right, there have been some unfortunate injuries to people. Even here, it is quite unfortunate what has happened to Rahul and Rohit in the last three weeks. Sometimes we have had to balance out the workloads. We just have to react to that,” said Rahul Dravid at India’s press conference ahead of India vs England fifth test.

“It is not something that you start off thinking that this is what I want to do, but if the situation arises, you react to it. Despite the number of captains we have had, we have played some good cricket in the last 6-8 months,” Dravid added.

List of Indian Captains in last 9 Months:

1. Rohit Sharma – India vs Sri Lanka, India vs West Indies, India vs New Zealand
2. KL Rahul – India tour of South Africa
3. Virat Kohli – India tour of South Africa, India vs New Zealand
4. Ajinkya Rahane – India vs New Zealand 1st Test
5. Rishabh Pant – India vs South Africa
6. Hardik Pandya – India tour of Ireland
7. Jasprit Bumrah – India tour of England

Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma is the primary captain of the Indian team after taking over the reins of the Men in Blue from Virat Kohli. In the last 9 months, Rohit has led India on three different occasions, India vs Sri Lanka, India vs West Indies, and India vs New Zealand.

IND vs ENG live: India's captaincy merry go round continues, Jasprit Bumrah becomes 7th captain of Rahul Dravid era - Check out — IND vs ENG live: India’s captaincy merry go round continues, Jasprit Bumrah becomes 7th captain of Rahul Dravid era – Check out

Rohit successfully helped India win 3 test matches against New Zealand. Rohit missed the South Africa tour on being injured. Rohit made a comeback in the series against West Indies where India won both the ODI and the T20I series. Finally came the series against Sri Lanka where India once again convincingly won both the T20I and Test series.

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IND vs ENG live: India’s captaincy merry go round continues, Jasprit Bumrah becomes 7th captain of Rahul Dravid era – Check out

KL Rahul: The big test came for KL Rahul when he took over injured Rohit Sharma to lead the India team against the Proteas in South Africa. KL Rahul captained India in the 2nd test against South Africa which the Indians lost. Rahul captained the Indian squad in the ODIs where India ended up losing 3-0.

Virat Kohli – The former permanent captain of the Indian team led the team on two different occasions. He captained India vs New Zealand in the 2nd test which India won. In India’s tour of South Africa Kohli once again captained India in the 1st test match which India won and then on the 3rd test which the Proteas ended up winning.

Ajinkya Rahane – The Indian batter took over the duty of the Indian team when he captained the Indian team against New Zealand in the 1st test last year. The match ended in a statement as a draw.

IND vs ENG live: India’s captaincy merry go round continues, Jasprit Bumrah becomes 7th captain of Rahul Dravid era – Check out

Rishabh Pant – The young Indian batter got the chance to lead the Indian squad in the recently concluded 5-match T20I series against South Africa in India. KL Rahul was appointed as the skipper of the Indian team but pulled out of the squad owing to an injury. Pant led the Indian squad against South Africa which ended 2-2 with the last game being called off due to rain.

Hardik Pandya – Hardik Pandya after his heroics with Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022, successfully helped India win 2-0 in a short T20I series in Dublin. With the majority of the squad having traveled to England for the mega-series, Pandya helped his squad win the recently concluded series.

Jasprit Bumrah – The 28-year-old pacer will take the reins of the Indian team against England in the fifth test at Edgbaston. Bumrah has been given the responsibility of leading the team after Rohit Sharma tested positive for Covid. Bumrah will be the first fast bowler to captain India after Kapil Dev in 1987.