Why was Mohammed Siraj dropped from India Champions Trophy squad? Captain Rohit Sharma explains

Despite shepherding the onslaught successful the lack of Bumrah and Shami who is marking a instrumentality to the fold for the archetypal clip since the past World Cup, Siraj was snubbed for left-armer Arshdeep who has lone played 8 ODIs frankincense far. Besides the trio, Hardik Pandya volition beryllium India’s pace-bowling all-round enactment for the Champions Trophy matches successful Dubai.

With questions implicit Bumrah’s fitness, skipper Rohit Sharma said it was imperative that they brought assortment into the gait onslaught portion besides making up a makeshift enactment to screen for Bumrah’s strengths.

“We are not definite if Jasprit Bumrah volition play oregon not. Hence, we wanted idiosyncratic who tin vessel with the caller shot and the aged one. That is why, we person picked Arshdeep Singh, due to the fact that of his abilities successful the backend. Siraj’s effectiveness comes down if helium doesn’t usage the caller ball. It’s unfortunate if helium misses out,” Rohit said successful the property league alongside president of selectors Ajit Agarkar.

Siraj did not marque the chopped for the England ODIs too, with seamer Harshit Rana taking up the slot near unfastened by Bumrah.

India’s ODI squad for Champions Trophy 2025 and bid against England: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah*, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.