Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Tests on 7 and 12 May respectively. Their retirement left the team lacking leadership. Rohit was the captain for 4 years, while under Kohli’s captaincy the team won 15 Tests abroad for 8 years.
Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul, Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja are the only senior players left in the team. Rahul and Bumrah have captaincy experience. At the same time, young Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant are also in the race for captaincy.
Jasprit Bumrah captained the team in 2 Tests during the Australia tour. The team won in Perth, but Australia won the Sydney Test. Bumrah got injured in the first innings of the match, he complained of back spasm. After which he could not bowl again in the match, due to which India could not create pressure in the second innings.
Bumrah has often struggled with fitness, he was away from cricket for about 15 months after being injured for the last time in 2022. It is also necessary to give him rest for 1-2 matches during a long Test series. In India, it is not necessary for Bumrah to play all the matches to win. Therefore, it is difficult for him to become a permanent captain.