Yeah, his SENA numbers went down the drain but management is backing him and IMO for the right reasons. Regarding KL, I'd suggest not to cloud your judgment on the last 3-4 matches. He did well but he ruined his reputation and was given a very long rope (Close to 60 tests and still averaging in mid 30s), that's why I said hope, Gill doesn't walk on the same path as KL.
guiding the next possible captain (Pant would be a big candidate for Test captaincy). Whatever happens. Rohit will be replaced this year.
It should be Bumrah, he showed his interest in being captain and also did exceptionally well when he got the chance so in my opinion definitely it should be him and it's been 3 decades since India team had pacer as full time captain.
He deserves captaincy but that doesn't mean it's good for the team or him. Bumrah is the only premium asset in this Indian team and is worth gold.
Let's say he becomes captain and starts playing every test match. Mind you, we play close to 19-20 tests in 2 years It includes home season, IPL and 1 ICC tournament every year. That's a heavy workload for him and one of the reasons BCCI rests him in almost every whiteball bilateral series.
On top of that, we don't need his services at home regularly so we can't have a temp captain whenever he misses the match. If he's playing every test match then it's a different scenario but comes with a risk of injury.