Jasprit Bumrah, who is famous for his brilliant bowling skills on the cricket field, has recently emerged as a new side – his keen interest in captaincy.
Seeing Bumrah’s bowling, the heart of the fans blossoms, but recently it has been revealed that he is more interested in captaincy than bowling.
Legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar addressed Bumrah as his “favourite captain.”
Gavaskar unhesitatingly took Bumrah’s name while answering a rapid-fire question on the “greatest Indian cricket captain of all time.” There is no doubting Bumrah’s bowling excellence.
According to former bowling coach Paras Mhambrey, Bumrah “knows how to bowl the right ball at the right time.”There’s countless proof of that, whether it’s Shaun Marsh, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Mohammad Rizwan or Travis Head.
His bowling against Marco Jansen in the recent T20 World Cup final is a living example of that. Bumrah’s delivery to Jenson was so sharp that he didn’t do anything and the ball touched his stumps.
However, the main focus of this article is not on Bumrah’s bowling. It is important to discuss his captaincy ability.
Bumrah has captained India in only three international matches – one Test against England and two T20Is against Ireland. Bumrah made his captaincy debut against England in Birmingham in 2022 when Rohit Sharma was down with Covid.
Bumrah reminded former England opener Mark Butcher that Kapil Dev was India’s first fast bowling captain, and Bumrah took the responsibility seriously.
Whenever I see Bumrah, I see a leader on the field.Bumrah is someone who keeps his word completely.
The members of the team know that Bumrah does what he says.
If Bumrah’s bowling wasn’t so valuable to India, he could have been an excellent choice to replace Rohit Sharma. The seriousness of Bumrah’s workload management can be gauged from the fact that he was the only member of the T20 World Cup-winning squad to be completely rested from the Sri Lanka tour.
The decision was taken despite advice from experienced players such as Rohit and Virat Kohli, but new head coach Gautam Gambhir had demanded Bumrah’s presence for the ODI team’s plans.
Thus, Bumrah’s captaincy ability and keen interest towards his captaincy, along with his bowling skills, has emerged as an important aspect in Indian cricket. Bumrah has a bright future in the world of cricket, and it will certainly be interesting to keep an eye on his captaincy journey.
