Manjrekar Wants Jasprit Bumrah As Test Captain: 'Shocked That We're Looking At...'
Ex-India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar only wants Jasprit Bumrah as India's Test captain and is 'shocked' to see 'other options' being considered. He believes that if the concerns stopping him from getting the armband permanently are about his injury history, then India can simply be 'careful' with the vice-captaincy choice.
Manjrekar's comments come amid reports claiming that ODI vice-captain Shubman Gill is the frontrunner to take the job after Rohit Sharma's retirement. Bumrah was the team's Test vice-captain during the last Test series, the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, and captained in the first and fifth matches, too.
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