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Bumrah was ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 on February 11 due to a lower back injury that he suffered while playing in the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy last month.
Sanjana Ganesan provides update on Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness and his recovery from back injury. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in the Champions Trophy 2025. The 31-year-old fast bowler was ruled out of the eight-team ICC event on February 11 due to a lower back injury that he suffered while playing for India in the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3-5, 2025. Bumrah was named in the provisional squad announced by the selectors on January 18 in Mumbai, but on the last day to make changes to the squad, he was replaced by Harshit Rana.
Bumrah’s absence is a big setback for Team India. The Ahmedabad-based pacer was in red-hot form last year. In 21 matches played across formats, he accounted for the dismissal of 86 batters. For his superb show with the ball, Bumrah won the ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC Test Cricketer of the Year awards in 2024. In Bumrah’s absence, Mohammed Shami will lead India’s bowling attack in the Champions Trophy 2025 and will have T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024 Arshdeep Singh and Harshit for support.
In the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India will open its campaign on Thursday, February 20, against Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Ahead of India’s tournament opener, Bumrah’s wife, Sanjana Ganesan, who is a sports presenter, during an interview with star Bangladeshi all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz, provided a big update on Bumrah’s fitness and his recovery from a back injury.
According to Sanjana, Bumrah has started training at the NCA (National Cricket Academy) in Bengaluru.
“He is okay. He is training at the NCA,” Sanjana said when Miraz asked her, “How is Bumrah?”
The 27-year-old cricketer from Bangladesh, who will be a key player for the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side in the match on Thursday, is very happy that Bumrah is not playing in the Champions Trophy 2025.
“He is a very different bowler and very dangerous, uff! He is not coming here. We are very happy! He is very dangerous. Everybody respects him. Every better. I got out against him two times. He has improved a lot. He bowls both ways,” Miraz said.
Since making his international debut for India against Australia in Sydney on January 23, 2016, Bumrah has accounted for the dismissal of 149 batters in 89 ODI matches played so far.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
