Jasprit Bumrah To Miss match against USA: Jasprit Bumrah may be out of the first match of T20 World Cup

New Delhi. The Indian team will start its campaign in the ICC T20 World Cup today with a match against America. India’s preparations have been hampered by many fitness related problems. There is news that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will not be able to play the first match against America due to viral fever. According to The Indian Express, Bumrah attended the team’s training session at Wankhede Stadium on Friday, but did not participate in the practice.

In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, India is left with only 13 fully fit players before the start of the tournament. All-rounder Washington Sundar has not yet joined the World Cup squad as he is awaiting fitness clearance at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. On Friday night, BCCI officially confirmed that Harshit Rana has been dropped from the tournament at the last moment. Rana suffered a knee injury during the warm-up match against South Africa earlier this week.

BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia said in a statement, “Team India’s fast bowler Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after suffering a knee injury during the warm-up match against South Africa in Navi Mumbai on 4 February 2026. After expert consultation and scans, the BCCI medical team has declared him unfit for the tournament. The team management wishes him a speedy recovery.”

Mohammad Siraj has been included in the team in place of Harshit Rana and in the absence of Bumrah, Siraj is likely to join India’s playing eleven tonight. Rana was seen holding his knee during the warm-up match held at DY Patil Stadium. He bowled only one over and gave 16 runs, after which he left the field. India is eyeing to become the team to win three T20 World Cup titles for the first time.

India’s updated team:

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj.