According to a report from Revsportz, Rishabh Pant will be appointed vice captain of India’s test team. Team India is currently in the rebuilding stage of Test cricket after Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin announced their retirement from the longest format.
Despite his poor performance at IPL 2025, Pants emerged as a front runner to take over as vice captaincy.
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New role of rishav pants
Rishabh Pant is also India’s first choice wicket keeper in white jersey. With the vice captain on his shoulder, the role of Pants in Test cricket increases for the Indian team.
Pants’ Test career was the highlight of his career as he was the first Indian wicketkeeper batter to win a ton in Australia, England and South Africa.
This will be the first major opportunity for wicketkeepers as Indian management aims to rebuild their teams around a new generation. Therefore, despite the presence of Jasplit Bumra, Rabindra Jadeha and KL Rahul, Pants dominate to take on the role of vice captaincy.
Jasprit Bumrah’s record as a skipper
When Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the Red-Ball format, Bumrah was the vice captain of the team, and everyone thought that Rohit’s departure would open Bumrah’s gates in the role of captain.
However, the selector is worried about his fitness and is looking for two younger players to play a new role.
Bumrah captained one Test match in the UK and two Test matches in Australia. Bumura won only one of three Test matches.
