Bumrah said that he cannot ask me to give him the responsibility of captaincy.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team won the ICC 9th T20 World Cup series held in West Indies and USA. So India won the T20 World Cup after 17 years. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is seen as the most important reason for India’s success.
Because he bowled brilliantly throughout the series. In this series, he had taken 15 wickets and conceded very few runs. Because of that he was declared as the hero of the series.
He made his debut in the Indian team in 2016 and bowled following a different action. Because of that, there were criticisms that he could not succeed in the tougher Test cricket because he was amazing in white-ball cricket.
But Bumrah, who made his debut in Test cricket in 2018, challenged the opposing batsmen and emerged as India’s winning hero. Since then, he has been challenging the opposing batsmen in all 3 types of cricket and has been giving India many victories.
That’s why legends like Wasim Akram praised Bumrah as the number 1 bowler in all types of international cricket – Test, ODI and T20.
In such a situation, the selection committee announced Suryakumar as the new captain after removing Hardik Pandya in place of Rohit Sharma who retired from the T20 tournament. In such a situation, Jasprit Bumrah could have been appointed as the captain, it is also the opinion of one side’s fans.
In this case, Bumrah said that he cannot ask me to give him the responsibility of captaincy. He also expressed his concern that the responsibility of captaincy always goes to the batsmen as they are more prone to injury.
Here’s what he talked about:- “I can’t go to the team and say you make me captain. I think bowlers are smarter because they get the batsmen out. Now the competition is tougher. The pitches are smaller. We have to fight against them too. I remember there was news or technology about swinging the ball more.” No. People love hitting sixes.
So bowlers work very hard. They don’t hide behind a bat or a flat pitch. Bowlers face a lot of challenges in that tough job. Achieving beyond all these makes bowlers brave. You have to be brave to act as a captain. We see Bad Cummins doing well.
I have seen Wasim Akram, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan who won the World Cup. Bowlers are very intelligent. But sometimes they face physical difficulties. That’s why the captaincy goes to the batsmen. In the beginning many people said that my bowling action will not work.
But now people are trying to copy it. That way you should let your activities do the talking. Bad Cummins is a great example of that. He has won World Cup and Test Championship. So I don’t think captaincy is a burden for bowlers,” he said.
