Ajit Agarkar held an emergency meeting with captain Rohit Sharma and coach Gautam Gambhir in Ahmedabad to decide Jasprit Bumrah's Champions Trophy fate.

The BCCI issued a statement, saying, "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 Harshit Rana as Bumrah's replacement."

A report claims that NCA had declared Bumrah fit, but chief selector Ajit Agarkar did not want to take the risk on injuring him once again.

The NCA, which oversees the rehabilitation of injured players, had reportedly given Bumrah a clean bill of health, declaring him “medically fit.”

There is already a lot of talk around India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah's omission from the Champions Trophy 2025 squad.

Harshit Rana will replace Jasprit Bumrah while spinner Varun Chakaravarthy will take the spot of batter Yashasvi Jaiswal

A top BCCI official confirmed that Bumrah's scan reports were okay but NCA left the final decision on Agarkar as Bumrah wasn't tested in a match situation.

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The Sports and Medical Science team of National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru has left it on the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee to decide on Jasprit Bumrah's selection for the Champions Trophy

The National Cricket Academy's team has deferred Jasprit Bumrah's selection decision for the Champions Trophy to the Ajit Agarkar-led committee. Although medically fit after rehabilitation, concerns exist over Bumrah's readiness to bowl.