India faced a series defeat after 10 years in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. On Sunday, India lost the fifth Test in Sydney by 6 wickets and the home team won the series 3-1. Captain Rohit Sharma has lost the last two series against New Zealand and Australia. Rohit also rested himself in the fifth Test, looking at his performance in the Test, he is sure to step down from captaincy. Jasprit Bumrah is the vice-captain, but his injury can become a problem for the team. Virat Kohli left the captaincy 3 years ago, but in Sydney he captained brilliantly in Bumrah's absence.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India lost the Test series 3-0 at home against New Zealand. India lost a Test series at home after 12 years. He captained 3 times in Australia and the team lost 2 matches. The third match was drawn due to rain. Along with this, India also had to face series defeat in BGT after 10 years. Rohit's batting also plays a big role in continuing his captaincy. Which is going very bad at the moment. He could score only 31 runs in Australia. In 2024, he got out on single digit scores 10 times. Due to which he had to drop himself in Sydney.
Jasprit Bumrah captained 2 Tests on the Australia tour. The team won in Perth, but Australia won the Sydney Test. Bumrah was injured in the first innings of the match, he complained of back spasms. After which he could not bowl again in the match, due to which India could not put pressure in the second innings. Bumrah always struggles with fitness, after getting injured for the last time in 2022, he was away from cricket for about 15 months. During a long Test series, it is also necessary to give him rest for 1-2 matches. It is not necessary for Bumrah to play all the matches to win in India. Therefore, he cannot be made the permanent captain. Still, if he becomes the captain, then the team will have to appoint 1 or 2 vice-captains, who can take over the responsibility in Bumrah's absence.
In the current Indian team, Rishabh Pant has become the best wicketkeeper batsman in the world in the last 6 years. Pant has played many match-winning innings for the team in this format. In Sydney too, India gave a respectable target to Australia on a difficult pitch due to his innings. Making him the captain can be a bit risky, because his batting is also quite risky. However, if India makes him the captain, then the team can get surprising but positive results just like his batting.
Shubman Gill has captained the team in ODI and T20 formats. Gill is 25 years old and Virat also took over the captaincy at almost the same age. If Shubman does not become the captain right now, the team can prepare him for the future by making him the vice-captain. In the last 5 years, pitches around the world have been difficult for batting, despite this, Shubman has scored 5 centuries while batting brilliantly. Shubman is also a good option as a future option.
Virat Kohli is India's best Test captain. In 2020, the ICC also named him the captain of the best Test team of the decade. He is the first Indian captain to win a Test series in Australia. He did this feat in 2018, after which the team won the series in Australia in 2021 as well. Kohli also captained in Sydney after Bumrah was injured. Under his aggressive captaincy, the team gained a significant lead in the first innings. Kohli also captained in the second innings, but due to the lack of fast bowlers and low target, he could not put pressure on the Kangaroo batsmen.
Virat Kohli has 7 Test wins in SENA countries, the highest among Asian captains. Kohli left the captaincy in January 2022, after which India's bad phase in Tests started. So bad that India lost Tests at home against 3 teams. Despite the lead in BGT, they lost and had to face a whitewash at home from a team like New Zealand. New Zealand had never won 2 consecutive Tests in India before this. Kohli's batting form in Tests has also not been very good in the last 5 years. He has been able to score only 2 centuries.
KL Rahul did a great opening and batting from the first Test against Australia. He scored 276 runs in the series at an average of 30.66. He was among the top-5 scorers. Rahul has been India's top batsman abroad for the last 5 years. Rahul also has the experience of captaining in 3 matches, in which the team won 2 times. If the team management focuses on choosing a stable option, then Rahul can be the best captain
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