Champions Trophy 2025 / Bumrah ruled out of Champions Trophy, BCCI announces replacement

Team India's star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has not fully recovered from the back injury, due to which he is out of the Champions Trophy 2025. Harshit Rana has been included in the team in his place. The BCCI medical team is monitoring his recovery.

Champions Trophy 2025: The difficulties of the Indian cricket team have increased before the Champions Trophy 2025. The team's leading fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of this prestigious tournament. He suffered a back injury during the last match of the Australia tour, after which he is in rehab. Recently, his back was scanned at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru, but nothing unusual was found in the report. Despite this, Bumrah is not fully fit to bowl yet.

Bumrah's injury becomes a concern for Team India

According to ESPNcricinfo report, Bumrah's recovery has not been as expected and he is still struggling with his back problem. At present, he has been asked to slowly work on his fitness. It is likely that in the coming weeks he will start running and after that focus on bowling. The BCCI medical team is keeping an eye on his progress.

Squad change: Harshit Rana gets a chance

Jasprit Bumrah was included in the 15-member squad announced on January 18. Due to his injury, Team India has now been forced to make changes in the squad. Fast bowler Harshit Rana has been included in the team in place of Bumrah. Harshit made it to the team as Bumrah's backup in the ODI series against England and also made his ODI debut during this period.

India's team for Champions Trophy 2025:

Captain: Rohit Sharma

Vice-Captain: Shubman Gill

Virat Kohli

Shreyas Iyer

KL Rahul (wicketkeeper)

Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper)

Hardik Pandya

Axar Patel

Washington Sundar

Kuldeep Yadav

Harshit Rana

Mohammed Shami

Arshdeep Singh

Ravindra Jadeja

Varun Chakraborty

Non-Traveling Reserve: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj, Shivam Dubey

Further strategy for Team India

Bumrah's absence is a big blow to the Indian team, but the team management and captain Rohit Sharma will now have to balance with the new bowlers. Harshit Rana has a great opportunity to prove himself. At the same time, Shami and Arshdeep will play an important role in the Indian bowling attack.

Now the Indian team will prepare with its new strategy for the Champions Trophy 2025, where their first goal will be to perform brilliantly in the group stage. Fans will hope that Team India will overcome this difficult phase and perform well in the tournament.