On the eve of the beginning of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India’s stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah mentioned he “has all the time advocated for pacers being captains” and that “they’re tactically higher”.
India and Australia are set to kick off the collection with the Perth Take a look at on Friday. For the primary time within the historical past of the rivalry, two quick bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins are set to captain the perimeters.
Talking on the pre-match press convention, each welcomed the choice at hand the captaincy to the pacers and hoped that the custom would stick with it.
“I’ve all the time advocated for pacers being captains. They’re tactically higher. Pat (Cummins) has completed an outstanding job. There are numerous fashions prior to now as properly. Kapil Dev and numerous different captains prior to now. Hopefully, a begin of a brand new custom,” Bumrah mentioned.
Cummins mentioned it’s all the time good to see a pacer being the captain. The pacer, who grew to become Australia’s first-ever quick bowling captain has seen unimaginable highs with the workforce successful the ODI World Cup and the World Take a look at Championship.
“Yeah, nice to see. Ought to occur extra. The New Zealand collection final yr was good with Tim Southee as captain as properly. Yeah, I don’t assume it actually adjustments an excessive amount of. It’s a type of uncommon issues. Trying ahead to seeing how he goes about his work on the market, however as a fan of quick bowling, it’s all the time good to see,” Cummins mentioned.
India arrived in Australia after a surprising 3-0 collection whitewash in opposition to New Zealand, however Bumrah believes that collection loss will matter little when the motion begins Down Underneath.
“While you win you begin from zero however once you lose, then additionally you additionally begin from zero. We’re not carrying any baggage from India. Sure, we have now our learnings from New Zealand collection however these had been completely different situations and our outcomes right here have been completely different,” Bumrah mentioned.
India will tackle Australia within the first Take a look at in Perth beginning on Friday.
