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Indian cricket is once again witnessing a transition phase after the end of the Kohli-Shastri era. Ever since, Kohli announced his decision to quit captaincy, the debate over a new captain has already started and a few names in the form of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah have popped up.

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has revealed that Virat Kohli broke the news of him stepping down from India's Test captaincy to the team in a meeting after their 2-1 series defeat to South Africa in Cape Town. Bumrah, who has been recently named India's vice-captain for the upcoming three-ODI series against South Africa, was asked on Monday how he was informed about the decision. He revealed that during the team meeting Kohli informed everyone about him stepping down from Test captaincy.

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"Obviously, we are close as a unit so he told us in a meeting that he's stepping down from the Test captaincy. He told us as a team that we respect his decision, value his leadership a lot so we congratulated him as a team for his contribution to our team as a leader. And we wished him all the best," revealed Bumrah during a virtual press conference. Adding further, the quality bowler expressed Kohli's importance in the team, he said that the former skipper will always "be a leader in the group."

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Putting a full stop on all the speculation surrounding the team in chaos due to sudden transition in Test captaincy, Bumrah revealed, "So I don't think anybody is facing a problem or is in a weird space with the change that is happening. Everybody understands the change, everyone has played enough cricket to understand that this is the way the game goes and this is how you move forward. So everyone in the team is quite positive and quite eager to contribute and go about the change as it's happening."