In a recent episode for Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik shared his views on Jasprit Bumrah being India’s captain in the near future. Though Bumrah has led the team in the past, he is currently not taken as someone fit for the role.
The idea of a pacer also being the captain is not common in Indian cricket. Pat Cummins has taken this role for Australia, but a similar case is yet to happen for India. Leadership qualities of Bumrah have been glorified by a lot of cricket experts. However his workload as a fast bowler raised fingers about him being suitable to lead India in all formats of cricket.
“Everything right … He is calm cool, good maturity but he is a fast bowler so how can we play him for all three formats that is the biggest question the selectors would have had,” Karthik said.
“For a fast bowler like Bumrah, his fitness needs to be monitored and he needs to be protected as a player and only made to play in important matches, I keep saying this about Bumrah, he is like a Kohinoor diamond, we got to protect him, take care of him, make sure that he lasts as long as possible because whenever Bumrah plays in any format he makes an impact and that’s what we want,” Karthik further added.
Though there are rumours about Bumrah being a possible candidate to be the captain , he is still open to the chance of getting the role. In fact, considering him leading India in a couple games, Bumrah has named himself as his favourite captain.
“See, my favourite captain is me because I have captained a few games. Obviously, there are great captains but I would take my name that I am my favourite captain,” was the statement given by Bumrah.
