India, Feb. 11 -- Jasprit Bumrah is crawling back to fitness after experiencing back spasms in the second innings of the Sydney Test in the first week of January. The speedster has resumed bowling in the nets at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, HT learns, and is gradually increasing his bowling workload under the watch of BCCI's fitness experts.

It's Catch-22 for the national selectors, with the edge Bumrah's unmatched skills would provide in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy starting on February 19 and safeguarding his long-term fitness. Factoring everything, the Indian think-tank is contemplating whether to name the pacer in the final Champions Trophy squad without having tested his back in a competitive match. The deadline t...