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On 7 May 2025, India’s legendary player Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket. With this, Hitman said goodbye to his 12 -year long Test career. When Virat Kohli left India’s Test captaincy in 2022, Rohit Sharma was made full time captain. Rohit captained India’s Test for almost three years. But now there is a question in the mind of the fans that after Rohit’s retirement, who will be the next captain of India in the Test. For this, Team India has options like Jaspreet Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant. But let us tell you that Shubman Gill is leading in the race to become India’s Test captain.
Shubman Gill can get a big responsibility
Shubman Gill has been an important part of India’s Test team for some time. He has also been the vice -captain of the team in many series. Right now he is only 25 years old and if he is given the responsibility of captaincy from now, then he can be the captain of India for a long time. Gill is currently captaining the Gujarat Titans in the IPL. He is batting brilliantly in the ongoing IPL season. He has scored 508 runs in 11 matches so far and is a strong contender to win the Orange Cap. Under his captaincy, the Gujarat team is also doing well. While Virat Kohli is called King, Gill has become famous as Prince. In such a situation, he can be good options for Test captaincy after Rohit Sharma. Gill has scored 1893 runs in 32 Tests so far.
Why can’t Bumrah become Test captain?
When Team India went on a tour of Australia last year, Rohit did not play in the first and last Test match, Jasprit Bumrah captained in his absence. But Bumrah will probably not be seen captaining the England series. Although Bumrah can be the best option for captaincy, but his fitness is a matter of concern for the team. He was also injured in the last Test on the tour of Australia. India also has to play five Test matches on the tour of England, so there can be rest in some matches due to workload management there too.
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