Team India drafts leg spinner Chakaravarthy into its squad

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 fellow fast bowler Harshit Rana as Bumrah’s replacement.

Team India have also named Varun Chakaravarthy in the squad. The spinner will replace Yashasvi Jaiswal who was initially named in the provisional squad.

India’s 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.

Photo Above: Mystery spinner Varun Chatravarthy (Left) who impressed in the T20I series against England recently and was also a last-moment inclusion for the subsequent ODIs has replaced opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal who was part of the initial squad been (Photo Courtesy BCCI) .