BCCI named a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma is all set to lead the team once again in another ICC event.

Selectors opted to pick three fast bowlers as Jasprit Bumrah will have the assistance of Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami in Dubai where the Indian team is scheduled to play all of their matches.

Mohammed Siraj couldn’t find a place in the squad. Shami hasn’t played a competitive game for India since the ICC ODI World Cup final last year and recently started to play domestic matches.

Bumrah is reportedly suffering from a back spasm and he remains a concern as just over a month is left for India’s first game against Bangladesh on February 20. Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra feels Siraj hasn’t done anything wrong and should have been there in the squad.

On his YouTube channel, he said, "Only three fast bowlers are there, and that is big news for me. If you are picking three fast bowlers, it means your thought process is to play only two out of the three. If you wanted to play three, you would have picked four. It's as simple as that. It means you have decided that you might play three spinners. You have almost played your hand before anything has started.

"You have picked three fast bowlers, and in that, no one knows anything about Jasprit Bumrah's fitness. The chairman (Ajit Agarkar) was asked and he also said he doesn't know as of now. He will hopefully get fit. Mohammed Shami is probably fit but we don't know how his form and international fitness will be. Arshdeep is now being played in ODIs.

"There is no place for Mohammed Siraj. He had not done that wrong that he has been totally sidelined. I feel for DSP. Siraj, I am feeling for you. Siraj's name should have been in this team. One spinner less could have been picked and the rest is looking okay."

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