One should not pursue captaincy with Jasprit Bumrah: Basit Ali

The cornerstone of the Indian bowling assault is Jasprit Bumrah, who has saved the team from countless dangerous circumstances. He has emerged as the main attraction in the wake of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The pacer did draw attention to the dearth of opportunities for bowlers to take the Indian side by storm. Following the remarks, former Pakistani batter Basit Ali voiced his disapproval of the remarks made by the right-arm bowler.

Pacers like Imran Khan and Kapil Dev have excelled as team captains and won World Cups for their respective nations, according to Jasprit Bumrah. However, Basit refuted the claim, claiming that the veterans rose to the position of captain after proving their mettle as all-round players. It is noteworthy that in the rearranged Test match between India and England at Edgbaston in 2022, Jasprit Bumrah captained the Indian squad. In 2023, he captained the team again on their journey for the Twenty20 International Series against Ireland.

“Jasprit Bumrah’s statement is similar to Babar Azam’s preference for captaincy.

I think he shouldn’t pursue captaincy. As a world-class bowler, that’s what he should be concentrating on. He cited the captaincy of Imran Khan and Kapil Dev as examples. But they were now all-round players, which is how they were successful as captains. When they first joined their teams as bowlers, they were not named captains. “This is the distinction between an all-round player and a bowler,” Basit stated on his YouTube channel.

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Bumrah, meanwhile, had an outstanding performance with the ball for India in the T20 World Cup 2024. Taking taking 15 wickets at an economy rate of 4.17, he made history by being the first player to win the Player of the Tournament Award in both the men’s and women’s divisions without ever scoring a run. He became one of the two pacers from Australia, Glenn McGrath and Mitchell Starc, to earn Player of the Month. Both players received their awards from the World Cups in 2007 and 2015.