Champions Trophy 2025: Jasprit Bumrah ruled out, Varun Chakravarthy added to final India squad

Chakravarthy replaces Jaiswal in a surprise move

Mystery spinner, Varun Chakravarthy, who also made his ODI debut in the ongoing series against England, replaced Yashasvi Jaiswal as a last-minute inclusion to the unit. The former impressed in the recently concluded T20I series, ending up with 14 scalps in five games.

Jaiswal has been named as one of the non-travelling substitutes in addition to Shivam Dube and Mohammed Siraj. The three players will make their way to the United Arab Emirates if they are required India will kickstart their Champions Trophy campaign on February 20 with their first Group A clash scheduled to be against Bangladesh.

India’s 15-member squad

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy

Non-travelling substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj