Mumbai, Jun 6: Teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi received his maiden call-up to the Indian senior team as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squads for the Asian Games 2026 in Japan, as well as the T20I series against England and Ireland.

In a significant change, Shreyas Iyer has been appointed captain of the Indian T20I side, replacing Suryakumar Yadav. Hardik Pandya has been dropped following his disappointing showing in the recently concluded IPL. Nitish Kumar Reddy has been brought in as his replacement.

Jasprit Bumrah has been included in the squad for the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in September. However, the pace spearhead will be rested for the T20I series against England and Ireland. Mohammed Siraj will lead the pace attack in Bumrah’s absence.

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India is scheduled to play a two-match T20I series in Ireland (June 26 & 28), before heading to England for their five-T20I series, starting on July 1.

India Squads

vs Ireland: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prince Yadav.

vs England: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prince Yadav.

Asian Games 2026: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.