Jasprit Bumrah named vice-captain for India’s upcoming three-match Take a look at collection towards New Zealand

Quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah was named the vice-captain of the Indian workforce for the three-match Take a look at collection towards New Zealand.
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Ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Friday (October 11, 2024) named vice-captain of India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match Take a look at collection towards New Zealand, beginning in Bengaluru on Wednesday (October 16, 2024).

The transfer might point out that Bumrah is being groomed to guide the workforce in Rohit Sharma’s absence, as there was no designated vice-captain through the latest two-match Take a look at collection towards Bangladesh.

The squad has been lowered to fifteen, with uncapped left-arm pacer Yash Dayal, who was a part of the Bangladesh Take a look at collection, lacking out after sustaining a shoulder damage throughout Uttar Pradesh’s Ranji Trophy match towards Bengal in Lucknow.

Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna had been named as travelling reserves.

India’s squad for the New Zealand Take a look at collection:

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep.