India, Feb. 12 -- BCCI chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma had a difficult task on their hands. The National Cricket Academy chief medical officer Nitin Patel, who had previously worked with Team India as a physician, had reportedly denied a clean chit to Jasprit Bumrah for the Champions Trophy despite the pacer's clean medical reports. Once bitten, twice shy, as they say. The NCA had coped with a lot of criticism when they hurried Bumrah back ahead of the T20 World Cup in 2022. Now they did not want to take the blame.

A top BCCI official told the PTI news agency that the NCA had left the decision on Bumrah to the selection committee. Their report cited no medical problem but added that ...