According to the latest reports, Jasprit Bumrah was considered ‘OK’ to attend the Champions Trophy 2025, but Indian selectors decided not to put pacery at risk for the tournament. Bomera, which has been out of action since the final test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, was facing a race against time to fit for the upcoming ICC event. After initially nominated in the ODI squad to face England, Pesar was quietly removed with Varun Chakraborty.
Bumrah informed the National Cricket Academy (NCA) The bid was made to be ready to play in the Champions Trophy, but was converted into the team for the tournament on Tuesday, February 11. Bumrah was converted into a squad by Harshit RanaAccording to the latest PTI report, Bumrah had completed his rehabilitation and scans were also fine, but it cannot be concluded that he would fit enough to start bowling by the time of the tournament starts.
“Bumrah was asked to be off-loaded for five weeks, after which he was rehabilitated in NCA under the strength and conditioning trainer Rajinikanth and Physio Thulasi.”
“The report sent by NCA chief Nitin Patel clearly states that when he has completed his rehabilitation and the scan report seems right, it cannot be concluded whether that tournament starts The selectors will be fit by time. So take any risk ‘not’, “a top BCCI source explained the PTI on the terms of oblivion.
“Nitin left the ball in Ajit (Chief Selector Agarkar) court and so anyone would like to take out his neck and risk inserting an unfit player in the squad. If the medical team does not completely green-light , Then how can the selection committee take that risk, “the officer said.
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‘There will be an embarrassment if Bumrah broke in a match’
The NCA was criticized in 2022 when Bumrah was pushed to the bilateral series against Australia before the T20 World Cup 2022. Star Pacer was on shelf for a year. The report stated that the chief selector Ajit Agkar did not want to take a chance with Bumrah and opted to bring it rigid instead.
“The bets are very high and it was completely embarrassed that Bumrah was broken in a match. NCA led by Nitin Patel once burned its hands in 2022 when he bilaterally against Australia before the T20 World Cup Bumrah was pushed to the series. And he was broken to stay out for a year, “the official said.
“She was a committee of Chetan Sharma and so did not want to take a chance.”
India will fly to Dubai for the Champions Trophy on 15 February.
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