Indian captain Rohit Sharma revealed that the team is still uncertain over their pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness and recovery on the eve of the first ODI against England as well. The two teams will play against each other in a three-match ODI series, starting in Nagpur on February 6 as well. However, Bumrah suffered a back injury in the first innings of the final Test of India’s tour of Australia in Sydney. He missed the latter half of the first innings as well as the entirety of the second innings.

Talking about Bumrah’s availability in the press conference prior to the first India-England ODI, Rohit said [quoted by Sportstar]: “We are waiting for some updates on his scan, which are due to happen over the next few days. Once we get that scan report, we will have more clarity in terms of where he stands right now, and if he will be available for the last ODI.”

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With uncertainty over Jasprit Bumrah’s participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy, India added the in-form spinner Varun Chakravarthy to their squad for the ODI series against England as well. Rohit Sharma confirmed that the mystery spinner is in contention to be included in India’s Champions Trophy squad too as well.

“Yeah look, he has certainly shown something different. I understand that it is a T20 format but he has clearly got something different about him. So we just wanted to have an option and see what we can do with him. Clearly during the series it presents us an opportunity to play him at some stage and see what he is capable of. Right now we are not thinking about whether we are going to take him or not but definitely he will be in contention,” concluded Rohit Sharma.