India begin their bid to win the ICC Champions Trophy on Thursday but will do so without their No.1 pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah. The 31-year-old, , who was the highest wicket-taker in the recent test series with Australia,

India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the upcoming Champions Trophy because of a lower-back injury.

Team India faces a huge setback with Jasprit Bumrah being forced to miss the Champions Trophy due to a back injury.

India could choose Arshdeep Singh in place of Harshit Rana despite the latter's promising start to his career.

The team management’s obsession with the Ahmedabad pitch, the way it was tended to before the big game, probably contributed to India losing that fateful final against Australia. The ‘more or less’ is the operative phrase here,

BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla remains optimistic about India's chances in the ICC Champions Trophy despite star pacer Jasprit Bumrah being sidelined due to injury. The tournament kicks off with India facing Bangladesh,

Dhawan believes that Bumrah's absence will be deeply felt by the team, given his exceptional skills and experience in major ICC events. "My concern is they are going to miss Jasprit Bumrah. For me, he is the best bowler in the world,

Rookie pacer Harshit Rana was picked as a replacement for Bumrah after the latter was ruled out. Though Rana only made his ODI debut in the recently concluded series against England, his skills with the ball, especially in white-ball cricket, have impressed many in the Indian cricketing spectrum.

India is poised as the frontrunner to win the Champions Trophy despite missing Jasprit Bumrah, asserts former players Eoin Morgan and Shane Watson. The team is strengthened by Hardik Pandya's return.

Rana has performed adequately in the opportunities he has received leading up to the ICC event; however, Ponting believes that left-arm pacer Arshdeep is more appropriately suited to bowl during all stages of the 50-over format.