ENG vs IND | 5th Test | Jasprit Bumrah set to lead India in the absence Rohit Sharma: Reports

Team India suffered a massive setback as skipper Rohit Sharma tested positive for Covid-19. With Rohit Sharma likely to be ruled out of the rescheduled Test, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is expected to be appointed as the stand-in skipper for the fifth Test at Edgbaston, slated to begin from July 1.

The captaincy role won't be much of unfamiliar territory for the speedster as he was appointed vice-captain during India's ODI series against South Africa earlier this year. In the press conference, the pace spearhead had then said that if the opportunity comes, he is ready to take up the India captaincy. 

"If given an opportunity, it would be an honour. I don't think any player would say no. There's no bigger feeling than that," Bumrah had said back then. 

"I don't like to chase things because I don't want to… See, I am a person who believes that God has a plan and everything will find out its own way, so I don't like to hamper the plan that is there. I try never to change anything," he stated back in January.

If Bumrah does lead the Indian team in the one-off Test against England, he'll be the second paceman to do so, after the legendary Kapil Dev. 

Talking about donning the role of a captain, he said, "Whatever role is asked of me I would do it with the best ability that I can. I don't want to change the whole organisation; you are always a leader when you are a senior member of the team, so it's just a post that comes with you."

India is currently leading the series by 2-1 and will be looking forward to winning the last Test to secure a historic series win on the English soil against a rejuvenated English Test side.