The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday named pacer Jasprit Bumrah as vice captain of 15-member Indian squad for upcoming three-match home Test series against New Zealand.
The first test will be played at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium from 16-20 October. While the second Test will be played in Pune from 24 October and third game at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium from November 1.
Before this, Jasprit Bumrah had also led the Indian side during the rescheduled fifth Test match against England in July 2022 at Edgbaston. He also led India in the away T20I series against Ireland in 2023.
Recently, Jasprit Bumrah also reclaimed his No. 1 spot in the ICC bowlers’ ranking following his stellar effort against Bangladesh test series.
According to ICC statistics, Bumrah has been in riveting form in red-ball cricket, grabbing 42 wickets from eight Tests after his comeback from an injury in August 2023. He has an excellent average of 14.69 in this period.
Jasprit Bumrah has played 38 Tests, taking 170 wickets, averaging 20.18 with 10 five-wicket hauls.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma could miss either the first Test, begins November 22 in Perth or the second match at Adelaide from December 6. The BCCI official has not confirmed which Test Rohit may miss, but stated that the Indian skipper has cited personal reasons for the same.
For the 5-match test series, India has not announced the name of its vice captain as of yet.
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep
With agency inputs.
