Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of India's Champions Trophy campaign

India has received a major setback as their star fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, is expected to sit out of the 2025 Champions Trophy. According to sources from ESPNcricinfo, Bumrah is still struggling with an injury in his back, which he sustained during the Sydney Test in January. This injury also kept him out of the white-ball series against England.

While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet. His progress will continue to be monitored by the BCCI's medical team based at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. There is no confirmation on the timeline of his return to bowling. It is likely he will resume running in a couple of weeks and then start to bowl gradually after that.

This is the second ICC tournament Bumrah will miss due to injury, having sat out the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia due to back injury which eventually forced him to have surgery.

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The ICC had set February 11 as the deadline for all eight participating teams to submit their final 15 for the Champions Trophy. Any subsequent changes would need to be approved by the tournament's technical committee. Bumrah's replacement is likely to be Harshit Rana, who made his ODI debut during the ongoing England series.

When the BCCI announced the provisional squad for Champions Trophy and the England series in January, Rana was named as Bumrah's back-up for the England ODIs. Rana made his ODI debut in the first ODI of the England series in Nagpur, sharing the new ball with Mohammed Shami. After an impressive start, Phil Salt thrashed Rana for 26 runs in his third over, but the Delhi seamer bounced back picking three wickets to transfer the pressure back on England, which played a key role in the eventual victory for the hosts.