By ABDUL WAHEED RABBANI
MUMBAI: 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.
NEWS 🚨 – @Jaspritbumrah93 to lead #TeamIndia in the fifth Test Match against England.@RishabhPant17 will be the vice-captain for the match.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/ueWXfOMz1L
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 30, 2022
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Mr Jasprit Bumrah as captain for the upcoming Test and Mr Rishabh Pant as his deputy.
India’s Test squad: Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain) (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal.
Big news coming in from the India camp ahead of the all-important Birmingham Test 👀#ENGvIND | #WTC23https://t.co/7qbeXOQ6xy
— ICC (@ICC) June 30, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah is set to lead India in Edgbaston, in what will be the first time he will lead the national side in any format. Bumrah is also set to make history as the first pacer to captain India in Tests since the legendary Kapil Dev in 1987. Rishabh Pant has been named vice-captain.
The Test will begin in Edgbaston on 1 July.
