Jasprit Bumrah's first toss as India's captain was an eventful one as the India pacer and former England opener Mark Butcher, who was also the presenter, got into a little fast bowler vs all-rounder debate regarding the legendary Kapil Dev.
The incident happened when Bumrah, who is captaining India in this fifth rescheduled Test match against England came forward to talk to presenter Mark Butcher, after England skipper Ben Stokes had won the toss, chose to bowl first, and had his share of conversation.
Butcher congratulated Bumrah for leading India for the first time and said he is the first fast bowler to lead India in Tests. Bumrah was quick to counter the former opener with Kapil Dev's name to which Butcher said he was an all-rounder.
Here's the conversation that took place between the two at toss time:
Butcher: Congratulations! Not often do we have fast bowlers as captains but fast bowlers as captain of India has never happened before.
Bumrah: Well, it has happened before, Kapil Dev was the captain.
Butcher: All-rounder.
Bumrah: Alright, all-rounder if you say so.
With 434 wickets and 5248 runs, Kapil is in the rare club of cricketers scoring more than 500 Tests runs and 400-plus wickets. The 1983 World Cup-winning captain led India for the last time in a Test in 1986. However, he was never designated as a fast bowler but was placed in the category of all-rounders.
Bumrah, on the other hand, cannot be held at fault either, as before he was named the captain for this Test, Kapil was the only fast bowler to have led India in Tests.
Check out the incident here:
