NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah was named in the India squad for the Champions Trophy next month but there is no clarity on his participation in the multi-nation tournament yet. Chairman of men’s senior selection committee Ajit Agarkar informed that Harshit Rana will be with the side for the ODIs vs England as they are not expecting Bumrah to feature in at least two ODIs of the three-match series.

It is reliably understood that Bumrah will undergo scans on February 2 and the future course of action will be decided after that.
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The seamer was asked to offload for five weeks and both the medical team and management will get clarity after another round of scans in February. Both Agarkar and captain Rohit Sharma continued to maintain that they are not sure about Bumrah’s participation in the tournament yet and it affected the composition of the seam-bowling attack too.
Mohammed Siraj was a notable omission as the thinktank preferred Arshdeep Singh for his skills and ability to bowl in the death overs. With no clarity on Bumrah yet, they wanted to keep all bases covered.
The second ODI vs England is on February 9 and a substantial update on Bumrah can be expected around that time as India would need to make changes, if any, to their Champions Trophy squad by February 13.
Bumrah didn’t bowl in the second innings of the fifth Test vs Australia in Sydney and the official word then was that he had a back spasm. The seamer, who was leading the side in Rohit Sharma’s absence for the final game of the series, went for scans on the fourth day of the Test and while he did come out to bat on Day 5, he didn’t take the field and helplessly saw India suffer the defeat.

India’s squad for Champions Trophy & England ODIs