In a serious setback for India, star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been dominated out of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 resulting from a decrease again damage, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed late Tuesday, February 11.
India will start their Champions Trophy journey on February 20, dealing with Bangladesh of their Group A opener.
Jasprit Bumrah was initially included in India’s provisional squad, together with his participation topic to health. Nonetheless, his restoration timeline has been prolonged after he suffered a again spasm in the course of the closing Border-Gavaskar Trophy Check towards Australia in January.
With Bumrah unavailable, Harshit Rana, who made his ODI debut just lately, has been named as his alternative.
The younger pacer made a powerful begin to his worldwide profession, changing into the primary Indian to take three wickets on debut throughout all codecs (Check, ODI, and T20I).
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In one other last-minute change, thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been drafted into the squad, changing Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Chakravarthy, who just lately made his ODI debut towards England, earned his spot after a stellar efficiency within the T20I sequence, the place he claimed 14 wickets in 5 matches.
Jaiswal, together with Shivam Dube and Mohammed Siraj, has been named as a non-traveling substitute and can be part of the squad within the UAE if required.
India’s 15-member squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy
Non-travelling substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj