Whereas Pandya has been made the common T20I captain, Bumrah, who has made a world comeback towards Eire within the ongoing T20I collection that began on Friday, is ready to offer robust competitors to the colorful Baroda all-rounder.
“For those who look by way of management seniority, Bumrah is forward of Pandya as he captained the Take a look at group in 2022. He has additionally been ODI vice-captain earlier than Pandya through the ODI tour of South Africa.
“Do not be stunned in case you see Bumrah being made an ODI deputy to Rohit for each Asia Cup and World Cup. There’s a motive why he was handed captaincy in Eire as an alternative of Ruturaj,” a BCCI supply in know of issues informed PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
Pandya has had a profitable stint as IPL skipper for Gujarat Titans, main the group to the title in its maiden look in 2022 and to runners-up end in 2023.
Nevertheless, lots of people really feel {that a} shrewd tactician like Ashish Nehra has additionally performed a whole lot of function in Gujarat Titans’ success.
So far as the Indian group is anxious, Pandya misplaced his first bilateral collection (T20I) within the West Indies the place a few of his choices like not bowling Axar Patel or bringing Mukesh Kumar on the loss of life had been criticised.
