Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. The star batsman announced this on Wednesday ahead of the Indian cricket team's tour of England starting on June 20 next month. Team India will play a five-match Test series on the England tour. This will also be the start of India's campaign in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Now, after Rohit's retirement, questions are being raised as to who will be the new Test captain of Team India. Two contenders are being told about this.

At the same time, there is a lot of discussion about which player will be included in the playing-11 in place of Rohit. Before the Australia tour, Rohit was batting in Tests as an opener. However, in Australia, he demoted himself and batted at number six-seven. KL Rahul was opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, now questions are being raised about who will replace Rohit in the team. Let's know who the contenders are for this...

Shubman Gill is the first choice for captaincy.

If media reports are to be believed, Shubman Gill is currently considered the first choice of BCCI and selectors for captaincy in Tests. This 25-year-old batsman is considered to be the future captain of India. In ODIs, Shubman has also been given the responsibility of vice-captaincy. In the absence of Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman has also taken over the command in T20. In such a situation, he is currently being considered the first choice. The second reason behind this is also coach Gautam Gambhir. He wants to see a young captain at the start of the new cycle of WTC so that a team can be built for the future.

Gill is considered certain to bat at number three. This batsman also has a good record in all three formats. Gill has scored 1893 runs in 32 matches at an average of 35.05 while playing for India in the longest format. This includes five centuries and seven half centuries. The second reason behind making Gill the captain is his fitness. He is one of the fittest players in India and has hardly missed any match.

Bumrah can also be made the captain.

The second choice for Indian Test captaincy is Jasprit Bumrah. India won the first Test on the Australia tour under Bumrah's captaincy. Bumrah bowled lethally in that. If he had been fit and bowled in the last match of the series, Team India would have had a chance to win that Test and level the series. Bumrah is currently the best bowler in the world, and being a fast bowler, he has an attacking mindset. While captaining, he gives the same message to the team and leads from the front. His captaincy on the Australia tour was praiseworthy, and many legends, including Sunil Gavaskar, have demanded to make Bumrah the regular Test captain.

However, the negative point for this player is that Bumrah gets injured a lot. He remained away from cricket for about four months due to an injury on the Australia tour. He has back problems, and if he becomes the captain, he will have to play continuously. BCCI and selectors cannot take this risk. Many former cricketers have talked about saving him for important matches and managing his workload. In such a situation, Gill can be given preference over Bumrah.

Sudarshan can get a chance in the Tests.

At the same time, as far as replacing Rohit in the team is concerned, many domestic star players are sitting on the bench. These include batsmen like Shreyas Iyer and Sarfaraz Khan. Apart from this, 23-year-old young batsman Sai Sudarshan from Tamil Nadu can also be given a chance. This batsman has won the hearts of many legends by scoring runs with his classical shots in the IPL. In such a situation, he can do wonders for India in Tests.

Sudarshan has scored 1957 runs in 29 matches in first-class cricket at an average of 39.93. These include seven centuries and five half-centuries. He can open. In such a situation, the team management can send Rahul in the middle order in place of Rohit and make Sudarshan and Yashasvi open the innings. Sudarshan has scored a lot of runs for Gujarat Titans in the current IPL and he is in great form. At the same time, Shreyas has also scored a lot of runs in domestic cricket. If Yashasvi and Rahul open the innings, Shreyas can be given a chance in the middle order.

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