Champions Trophy 2025: Harshit Rana, Chakravarthy replace Injured Bumrah, Jaiswal in India’s squad

India, February 12: With the champions trophy Inching closer, Team India has suffered a major setback as star bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the squad on tuesday night due to his lower back injury.

“Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury. The Men’s Selection Committee has named Harshit Rana as Bumrah’s replacement,” The Board of Controll for Cricket in India (BCCI) statement read.

However, Bumrah is not a lone change made in India's 15-member squad. Another young talent Yashasvi Jaiswal has also been replaced with mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy.

“Team India has also included Varun Chakaravarthy in the squad. The spinner will replace Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was initially named in the provisional squad,” the statement added.

Jaiswal’s omission follows his underwhelming ODI debut in the series opener against England, where he scored 15 off 22 balls. He was subsequently dropped for the second ODI in favor of Virat Kohli, while Chakaravarthy was handed his ODI debut, returning figures of 1/54 in his 10-over spell.

Bumrah has been out of action since January, with his last appearance coming in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia in Sydney. After bowling 10.1 overs in the first innings, he was visibly in discomfort and underwent scans. Australian doctors advised him not to participate in the remainder of the Test. Although he came out to bat in the second innings, he did not bowl again.

India will kick off its Champions Trophy campaign on February 20 against Bangladesh in Dubai.

India’s squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Non-traveling substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj, and Shivam Dube. The three players will travel to Dubai if required. (DDNews)