Jasprit Bumrah to lead India in 5th Test; Rohit Sharma ruled out: BCCI

India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the rescheduled fifth Test against England as he tested COVID positive again, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday (June 30).

The BCCI selection committee has named fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah as the stand-in skipper with wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant as his deputy.

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Bumrah will lead the Indian team for the first time. He will be the 36th cricketer to lead India in the longest format since the country first played in 1932. The Gujarat pacer, who has 123 wickets in 29 Tests, has grown into one of the world’s best fast bowlers.

“Mr Rohit Sharma, Captain, Indian Cricket Team is ruled out of the rescheduled fifth Test against England to be played from Friday. Rohit underwent a RAT Test on Thursday morning and returned a positive result for COVID-19,” the BCCI said in a media advisory.

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“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mr Jasprit Bumrah as captain for the upcoming Test and Mr Rishabh Pant as his deputy,” it added.

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Earlier, Rohit had tested COVID positive on Saturday (June 25).

The fifth Test starts in Birmingham on Friday (July 1). India leads the series 2-1.

India’s Test squad: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal.