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Sanjay Manjrekar questions Jasprit Bumrah’s workload management: Shreyas Iyer was named the T20I captain of the India National Cricket Team yesterday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Mumbai-born batter becomes the third consecutive captain coming from Mumbai, as previously Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav have led India to T20 World Cup glory.
However, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has other feelings that Shreyas should not have been the captain, with Jasprit Bumrah in the side. He believed that India’s speedster should have handled the workload in T20 cricket, as he is unaware of the fact that how the pacer's career has been progressing of late.
How his career is going- Sanjay Manjrekar on Jasprit Bumrah
Previously, Manjrekar also took a dig at Jasprit Bumrah last year as he played three Test matches for India against England in the five-match series. While mentioning Jasprit Bumrah’s availability, as he thinks Bumrah was fully fit and played all games, he would have been a better candidate than Shreyas Iyer to lead the T20I team.
"Asian Games, those performances and those results don't stay with you for too long. Cricket is still a sport of bilaterals and our own World Cups. The Olympics, when it comes as well, I don't think it will have the same sanctity that you have."
"It would be nice to win the Asia Games, but Bumrah is somebody; I'm just confused about how his career is going in terms of his availability. I did an Insta post yesterday. I thought Bumrah was the frontrunner to become India's T20 captain because I thought he could handle the T20 workload," Manjrekar said on the Sony Sports Network.
Not very keen to play every game- Sanjay Manjrekar takes a dig at Jasprit Bumrah
"But it seems like he's not very keen to play every game that India plays. So here is a guy who actually rests for India games and keeps himself fit for certain India games. So it's a very different approach, something that I don't understand. I just wish that he would commit himself more to India."
"I can understand the workload he feels for Test cricket; 50 overs of cricket is extremely demanding. But considering that he played the entire IPL, I thought he would be able to take the workload of a few T20 matches in Ireland and England."
Sanjay Manjrekar makes bold on India's captaincy
Sanjay Manjrekar also made a bold call as he believed that due to Bumrah's unavailability, the Indian captaincy has gone to players like Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer. If the speedster was fit and available for the full season, he would have been leading the side.
"I wish he were available. And he was my go-to captain. He was certainly deserving of ability and leadership qualities as well. Bumrah has not been too keen to take captaincy. It's gone prematurely to other Indian players like Shubman Gill in England and now Shreyas Iyer as well," he added.
Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the Ireland and England series and will be travelling to Japan for the Asian Games 2026, as India has named nearly similar teams for all three series.
