Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has said that he refused to accept the captaincy. In addition, Bumrah declared himself available for the first Test against England. The 31 -year -old fast bowler spoke to Dinesh Karthik at Sky Sports.
On the question of captaincy, Bumrah said: 'I refused to captain BCCI and selectors. There are no such fancy stories, there is no dispute that I have no headline statement or I have not been fired or I have not been taken into account. ' After Rohit Sharma's retirement, many former cricketers supported Bumrah captain.
The Indian team is on a tour of England. The team has to play a series of 5 Tests. The first match will be played in leads from June 20.
I told the board don't make me a captain: Bumrah Bumrah said, “I spoke to the board before Rohit and Kohli retired.” I gave them information about my workload. After the treatment of waist pain, I also spoke to the surgeon. The workload was high, so we came to the conclusion that I had to be a little more smarter. Then I told the board, 'I do not want to appear as leadership.'
Jasprit Bumrah is playing a practice match in Baconham, England.
Bumrah will play the first Test against England Bumrah declared himself available for the first Test against England. Talking about his fitness, he said, 'I want to play at least three matches. Currently, this is a plan. No numbers have been fixed yet, but I'm ready for the first match. We have to see how the situation goes ahead. '
Bumrah last played a Test match during a tour of Australia in India in January.
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