Jasprit Bumrah won’t travel with the India cricket team to Dubai for the ICC Champions Trophy. It always looked like the pacer wouldn’t be able to play in the tournament, having suffered a lower back injury in Sydney during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was tracking his progress, and just recently he’d undergone further scans to see whether his condition had improved.
Harshit Rana replaces injured Jasprit Bumrah
Team India’s batting coach, Sitanshu Kotak, had revealed in Cuttack that no update had been provided to the management by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) medical team yet. Well, it has come out now, and it isn’t great.
The BCCI has announced Harshit Rana as Bumrah’s replacement for the ICC Champions Trophy. The pacer has been playing in the ongoing India vs. England ODI series and will join the team in Dubai as well.
Varun Chakaravarthy replaces Yashasvi Jaiswal
There are some other updates as well. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was originally part of Team India’s squad, has been replaced with Varun Chakaravarthy. The mystery has been exceptional since October last year, and after his T20I exploits, he was added to the ongoing England ODI series. Considering how the pictures behave in Dubai, adding him might be a good call.
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Jaiswal, Siraj and Shivam Dube: Non Travelling Substitutes
When Ajit Agarkar, the Chairman of Selectors, had initially announced the squad on January 18, there were no reserves. However, now three have been added. Jaiswal has been removed from the main squad and added to the non-travelling reserves list. The other two players are Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube. These three players won’t travel with the team to Dubai. They will join them if and when required.
India’s squad for ICC Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), 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 Travelling Substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube.
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