The Indian team is playing the fifth test match against England. If the Indian team is successful in winning this match, then it will happen after 15 years, when Team India will be able to win the Test series on England soil. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah is the captain of the Indian team in the Test match. But do you know that there was a period in the history of Indian cricket when 6 Indian players captained Team India in seven Test matches? Indian cricket was going through a lot of difficulties at that time.
Lala Amarnath was the chief selector and he did not get along with the selectors. In November 1958, the West Indies team visited India, where they played five Test matches. At that time the West Indies team was very dangerous. Whereas the Indian team did not play any test series for 2 years. The Indian players had to face a lot of difficulties in the beginning, as the chief selector Lala Amarnath insisted on selecting the players on the basis of their merit. But his teammates used to select players for the team on a regional basis.
Lala Amarnath used his vote to choose 36-year-old Ghulam Ahmed as the captain for the opening Test. But he could not play due to a knee injury. In such a situation, Polly Umrigar got a chance to captain Team India in the first test match and the match ended in a draw. In the second test, Ghulam Ahmed took the captaincy and India lost by 203 runs. After this, Ghulam Ahmed was captained in the third Test as well. Then Vinu Makhan was made the captain.
Hemu Adhikari was made the captain for the fifth Test and the match ended in a draw. After this, the Indian team went on a tour of England, where it had to face a 5-0 defeat in the five-match series. Datta Gaikwad captained the Indian team in the first match against England. But in the next match, he did not play due to injury and Pankaj Roy took over the command of Team India. In this way, 6 players captained Team India in 7 matches.
