"He Will Be The Next Man": Sunil Gavaskar Picks 'Golden Goose' As India Captain After Rohit Sharma

Who will be the next India captain? After the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which India lost 1-3, that is the biggest question in Indian cricket corridors. India captain Rohit Sharma, after dropping himself from the last Test of the series, bravely declared that he just stood down and isn't going anywhere. But then, India won't play another Test until June (in England). By then, the next World Test Championship cycle would have started. Whether the BCCI selectors will retain Rohit as the captain is the question.    

Former India star Mohammad Kaif has said that BCCI should not make 'golden goose' Jasprit Bumrah the captain. "BCCI shd think twice before appointing Bumrah as full time captain. He needs to solely focus on taking wkts and staying fit. Added leadership responsibility, getting carried away in heat of moment can result in injuries and shorten an outstanding career. Don't kill the golden goose," he wrote on X.

However, Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar said he won't be surprised if fast-bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah takes over as the side's Test captain in near future, citing that he doesn't pressurise players much when he's been at the helm of the team. In India's recent 3-1 defeat to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Bumrah captained the visitors' in two games, one of which was a 295-run series opening match in Perth. “He will be the next man, because he leads from the front. He's got a very good air about him, the air of a leader, but he's not somebody who's going to put pressure on you. Sometimes you have captains who put a lot of pressure on you.

“With Bumrah you can see that he expects the others to do what their job is, why they are in the national team, but he doesn't seem to pressurise anybody.