India vs England: It is a big achievement, a big honour: Jasprit Bumrah after being appointed captain

The
All
India
Selection
Committee
named
Bumrah
as
the
skipper,
while
Rishabh
Pant
is
set
to
be
his
deputy.
After
being
named
the
captain
for
the
fifth
Test,
Bumrah
said
it
was
a
‘big
achievement’ and
‘big
honour’.
The
fifth
and
final
Test
is
set
to
get
underway
on
Friday
(July
1)
in
Edgbaston.

India
vs
England:
Jasprit
Bumrah
to
lead
India
in
rescheduled
fifth
Test
as
Rohit
Sharma
ruled
out

During
the
pre-match
press
conference,
Bumrah
said,
“It
is
a
big
achievement,
a
big
honour.
Playing
Test
cricket
was
my
dream
and
getting
an
opportunity
like
this
is
a
huge
achievement
for
me.
I
am
very
happy
on
being
given
this
opportunity.”

Bumrah
went
on
to
add
that
captaincy
will
not
change
anything
for
him.
“You
have
to
do
your
job
to
the
best
of
your
ability.
This
is
what
I
am
looking
forward
to
doing.
We
have
a
very
good
team.
We
have
a
lot
of
experienced
players.
I
have
a
lot
of
players
who
were
there
to
help
me
out.
I
am
looking
forward
to
helping
the
team
to
the
best
of
my
abilities,
understand
where
the
game
is
heading
and
contribute
to
the
best
of
my
abilities,”
said
the
skipper.

Meanwhile,
talking
about
the
wicket,
Bumrah
said
the
wicket
in
Leicester,
where
the
Indian
team
played
the
warm-up
game,
was
very
different
from
the
wicket
in
Edgbaston.
“The
wicket
in
Leicester
was
different
and
this
is
a
different
wicket,”
said
Bumrah.

Hosts
England
enter
the
match
after
a
thrashing
3-0
Test
series
win
over
New
Zealand
and
ODI
win
over
Netherlands.
Talking
about
England’s
stellar
form,
Bumrah
said
they
would
concentrate
on
their
own
job.
“We
do
not
want
to
think
too
much
about
the
opposition.
We
know
our
strengths.
If
we
do
our
job
well,
we
believe
we
can
win
in
any
condition
or
place.

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“We
want
to
give
more
attention
to
ourselves.
We
have
our
plans
and
we
will
focus
on
what
we
need
to
do.
Joe
Root
is
in
an
amazing
form,”
added
the
pacer.

The
match
is
a
part
of
last
year’s
five-match
Test
series.
The
final
game
was
postponed
due
a
covid-19
outbreak
in
the
Indian
camp.
The
Indian
team
is
on
the
brink
of
clinching
their
first
series
win
in
England
since
2007.
India
lead
the
series
2-1
and
a
draw
would
see
them
win
the
series.