After the clean sweep defeat against New Zealand, now Team India’s next challenge is Australia tour. Team India has to play a five-match Test series against Australia, the first match of which will start from November 22. However, the big question before this series is who will take charge of Team India because it is difficult for Rohit Sharma to play in the first Test match. Rohit may stay out of the first test due to personal reasons. Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain for the Australia tour and it is believed that he will take charge of the team. But former Team India cricketer Mohammad Kaif believes that the command of the team should be handed over to Rishabh Pant.
Mohammad Kaif talked about making Pant the captain
Mohammad Kaif said that only Rishabh Pant is a big contender for the Test captaincy from the current team. According to Kaif, Pant also deserves this because whenever Pant plays, he always keeps Team India on the front foot. No matter what number Pant comes to play, he always tries to play a match-winning innings. Pant has the ability to score runs in all types of conditions. Pant has scored runs in England, Australia and South Africa. He has also scored runs on the turning pitch of India. Kaif described Pant as a complete batsman.
Jasprit Bumrah is also a big contender
Kaif talked about making Rishabh Pant the Test captain but he did not tell the real reason for it. However, before Pant, Bumrah seems to be ahead in the race to become the captain. This is the reason why Bumrah has also been made the vice-captain for the tour. Bumrah has also taken command of the team in a test. If Rohit does not play in the first test, then Bumrah can be seen taking over the captaincy. However, Kaif believes something else. Kaif said that when Pant plays his last Test match, he will retire as a legend. There has been tremendous improvement in his wicketkeeping. Kaif said that as long as Pant was at the crease, New Zealand was not getting a sigh of relief. According to Kaif, if you are looking for a future captain then there is no better option than Pant.
