Jasprit Bumrah, India's pace spearhead, has taken a significant step towards his comeback from a lower back injury that sidelined him from the ongoing Champions Trophy. The speedster has started bowling at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru,

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 will miss the accuracy and calm of Jasprit Bumrah in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, said Shikhar Dhawan, a day before the start of the tournament. The star fast bowler has been out of action since the conclusion of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in January 2025.