Dubai: The Indian cricket team’s main fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy event due to injury.
The Indian Cricket Board has confirmed that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will not participate in the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025. Bumrah suffered a lower back injury during the final Test match against Australia in Sydney last month, due to which he will not be able to participate in the tournament.
According to a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the selection committee has included fast bowler Harshit Rana in the team in place of Bumrah. This is the second ICC tournament that Bumrah will miss due to injury.
Earlier, he was also out of the 2022 T20 World Cup, after which he had to undergo surgery.
Apart from this, spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been included in the Indian team in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal was originally part of the provisional team.
Indian team for the Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshad Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dubey have been included in the squad as replacement players and they will leave for Dubai when required.
