India and England (India vs England) Corona has re-entered the Test series in between. Before the last match of the series played in August-September last year Team India (Team Indiaa) Other members of the support staff, including coach Ravi Shastri, also contracted the infection, which led to the postponement of the fifth Test. The fifth Test is now scheduled to be played in Birmingham from July 1, but just five days before that, the case of Corona has come up again in Team India. Team India is in trouble after captain Rohit Sharma contracted the infection. The problem is that if Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma) If not fit, who will be the captain? There are different contenders for this, but at present Team India management is in no hurry.
The Indian team is currently in Leicestershire, where they were playing a 4-day warm-up match against a county club in England. Captain Rohit Sharma was also part of the match, but on the third day he did not come to bat in the second innings, which surprised everyone. Later that night, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed that Rohit had contracted a corona, after which he was in quarantine.
The team is adopting a wait-and-see strategy
Ever since Rohit became infected, the question has been raised as to who will captain him in the Birmingham Test if he does not recover before July 1. Because the team’s vice-captain KL Rahul was already out of the tour due to injury. In such a situation, the name of fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah is also being heard, but according to the latest report, Team India management will not take any hasty decision in this matter. A media report said that the Indian management is not overly concerned at the moment and is waiting for the captain to get fit.
Chetan Sharma will decide the captaincy!
According to reports, Team India is also waiting as BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma is leaving for England soon. Chetan Sharma is currently in Ireland where another team is playing a T20 series. After the second T20 on June 28, Sharma will travel to England and only then will he decide on the captaincy if needed.
Team India’s captaincy options
In Rohit’s absence, Team India has the option of Jaspreet Bumrah and Rishabh Pant. In this, Pant recently led the team in the T20 series against South Africa, while Bumrah was appointed vice-captain of the ODI team on the tour of South Africa earlier this year. Apart from these two, an option is also being considered for Ravichandran Ashwin, who has yet to get a chance to captain, but has always been considered a contender and then Virat Kohli as the last option apart from these two, under whose captaincy. The Indian team was leading 2-1 in this series.
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