Ravichandran Ashwin has picked Jasprit Bumrah as his first choice to replace Rohit Sharma as India's next Test captain.
Speaking on his Hindi YouTube channel Ash Ki Baat, Ashwin said: "Whoever becomes I wish them the best."
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! "There is a leadership vacuum in the team. If you ask me one simple and plain choice for captaincy it should Jasprit Bumrah," he said.
"Jasprit Bumrah's workload and all keep coming up. Pat Cummins has led Australia and has done really well. Jasprit had one surgery and then a break again, I am not sure whether wants to puts himself on the line for five Tests.
"I will be very surprised, if he plays all the five. He has to be given breaks in between to recuperate. I really think, he is a national treasurer. I will be really upset and disappointed that Jasprit Bumrah will not be consider as a captain.
"I was so happy, when he became the captain for the first time," he added.
TimesofIndia.com has earlier reported that Shubman Gill is the frontrunner for the Test captaincy and will be announced as India's next Test captain soon.
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