For India’s Champions Trophy 2025 Squad, Jasprit Bumrah Ruled Out
Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury. The BCCI confirmed that young pacer Harshit Rana will replace Bumrah in the squad.
Bumrah sustained the injury during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Although scans didn’t reveal any new issues, he is not ready to return to bowling yet. The BCCI medical team will continue to monitor his progress.
In another change, spinner Varun Chakaravarthy has been included in the squad, replacing YashasviJaiswal.Jaiswal will now serve as a non-traveling reserve along with Mohammed Siraj and ShivamDube. These three players will remain on standby and travel to Dubai if needed.
The decision to includeincludeeChakaravarthy comes after his impressive performance in the T20I series against England, where he took 14 wickets in five games and was named ‘Player of the Series’.
India’s squad for ICC Champions Trophy, 2025: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, ShreyasIyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, HarshitRana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, RavindraJadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Non Travelling substitutes: YashasviJaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and ShivamDube. The three players will travel to Dubai as and when required.