Gautam Gambhir: Recently the Indian team has returned from Sri Lanka tour. A series of three T20 and three ODI matches was being played between these two teams. Now this team will play a two match Test series and three T20 match series with Bangladesh at home. However, more than a month is still left for the Test series to begin.

Let us tell you that head coach Gautam Gambhir is going to hand over the captaincy for the Test series to a player who has been away from Test cricket for more than 500 days. Let us know in detail which player we are talking about.

Rishabh Pant will be the captain of India in the Test series

India and Bangladesh are going to play a two-match Test series from September 19. The first Test will be played at the M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

The second Test is scheduled to be held in Kanpur from September 27. The Indian team management may rest Rohit Sharma in the upcoming Test series.

In such a situation, Gautam Gambhir can hand over the responsibility of captaincy to Rishabh Pant. These players have been contributing to their team for a long time in the longest format of cricket. Apart from this, this Delhi cricketer has a lot of experience of captaincy.

Rishabh Pant's career has been something like this

Team India's wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant made his international debut in the year 2017.

Since then, he has represented India in a total of 33 Tests, 31 ODIs and 76 T20 matches. He has scored 2271 runs in Tests. At the same time, the left-handed batsman has scored 871 runs in ODI cricket. This includes one century and 5 half-centuries. Apart from this, if we talk about T20 International, Rishabh Pant has scored 1209 runs in his account.