Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of Champions Trophy 2025, Harshit Rana named replacement; Varun Chakaravarthy added too

Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due to a lower back injury, the BCCI announced on Tuesday. Harshit Rana, who made his ODI debut in the ongoing series against England, has been named as replacement for Jasprit Bumrah. 

Meanwhile, Varun Chakaravarthy, who was added to the India squad for the ODI series against England, was also named for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad. The Tamil Nadu spinner came into the ODI setup following a tremendous show against England in the T20Is. 

Varun Chakaravarthy replaced Yashasvi Jaiswal who was initially named in the provisional squad.

India’s updated squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Non Travelling substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube. The three players will travel to Dubai as and when required.