Cricket
Jasprit Bumrah Out Of Champions Trophy
Ray Sportz Web Desk: In a significant jolt to India’s plans for the Champions Trophy, Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the tournament. Bumrah is yet to completely recover from the discomfort in his back, an injury he picked up during the Sydney Test in January that also ruled him out of the England white-ball series.
India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury, the BCCI said on Tuesday. During a meeting between the chairman of selector Agarkar over Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma in Ahmedabad, it was deliberated whether they would take the ‘unfit pacer’ to the Champions Trophy or go for the inexperienced Rana.
India’s Squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy.