Jasprit Bumrah, the star Indian pacer with 149 ODI wickets in 89 outings, is ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The BCCI went to X on Tuesday night to publish a press release and make the development official. Bumrah now joins the missing quarter of India for that tournament due to go down from February 19 to March 9 at three venues in Pakistan and Dubai with a lower back injury.
In Bumrah’s place, the BCCI has replaced him in the Champions Trophy squad with Harshit Rana, who has made two appearances in one-day internationals so far.
“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,” BCCI said in a release.
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Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to a lower back injury. Harshit Rana named replacement.
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The Ahemdabad-born cricketer suffered a
back injury during the fifth India-Australia Test match in January 2025. He exited the match midway through Day 2 for scans and didn’t bowl again in the second innings due to a back spasm.
There had been questions over Bumrah’s availability for the Champions Trophy since January 4, 2025, yet nevertheless, he was included in the provisional squad announced for the ICC tournament by the BCCI on January 18 in Mumbai.
Bumrah played his last ODI match for India against Australia on November 19, 2023, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. He took two wickets that match, but was unable to guide the Rohit Sharma-led side in overcoming Pat Cummins & Co. to win the 2023 ODI World Cup title.
Bumrah’s last match for India in white ball was a T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa, taking place at Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29, 2024. The right-arm fast bowler took two wickets in the match and contributed to India’s title victory. For his superb performances in the tournament with the ball, Bumrah was awarded Player of the Tournament in the T20 World Cup 2024.
The official update on Bumrah’s injury is still awaited from the board, and it remains to be seen whether he would be fit enough to participate in the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League for Mumbai Indians. Bumrah had made his IPL debut in 2013 and was retained for Rs 18 crore by the Mumbai-based franchise before the IPL 2025 mega auction.
