Bumrah to go for scans on February 2

Jasprit Bumrah has been included in the India squad for the Champions Trophy next month but there is no confirmation on his participation in the tournament yet. Chairman of men’s senior selection committee Ajit Agarkar said Harshit Rana will be with the team for the ODIs vs England as they don’t expect Bumrah to play in at least two ODIs of the three match series.

According to reports, he will undergo scans on February 2 and the further course of action will be decided after that.

Bumrah was asked to rest 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 said they are not sure about Bumrah’s participation in the tournament yet and that’s affecting the composition of the seam attack too.

Mohammed Siraj was left out as the thinktank preferred Arshdeep Singh for his skills and ability to bowl in 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 big update on Bumrah can be expected around that time as India will need to make changes 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 bowl and helplessly saw India lose the match.

India’s squad for Champions Trophy & England ODIs 

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

Harshit Rana is with the team for the England ODIs.