{"id":177391,"date":"2026-06-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177391"},"modified":"2026-06-06T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:30:00","slug":"india-t20i-squad-for-ireland-and-england-series-shreyas-iyer-named-captain-suryakumar-dropped-sooryavanshi-gets-maiden-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177391","title":{"rendered":"India T20I squad for Ireland and England series: Shreyas Iyer named captain, Suryakumar dropped; Sooryavanshi gets maiden call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71068797\">The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squads for India\u2019s T20I series in Ireland and England, to be held in June and July, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Shreyas Iyer was named the captain of the T20I side, replacing T20 World Cup-winning skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who has been dropped from the team. Shreyas returns to the national T20 side for the first time after a match against Australia in Bengaluru on December 3, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Shreyas\u2019 impressive leadership credentials in the IPL \u2014 leading KKR to the title in 2024 and PBKS to the final in 2025 \u2014 along with two seasons of consistent outings with the bat, prompted the selectors to zero in on him. Middle-order batter Tilak Varma will be Shreyas\u2019 deputy.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi received his maiden national call-up following a record-breaking Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign for Rajasthan Royals. At 15 years and 71 days old, Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest ever player to feature in an Indian cricket team, surpassing the long-standing record held by the great Sachin Tendulkar.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, pace ace Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for both the series, though he has been named in the Indian squad for the Asian Games, to be held in September-October.<\/p>\n<p>Following an impressive IPL 2026 campaign for Lucknow Super Giants, pacer Prince Yadav has also been picked for the series in Ireland and England. Prince, who consistently clocked high speeds, claimed 16 wickets in 14 matches at an economy rate of 8.82 in the recently concluded season of the IPL.<\/p>\n<p>India will take on Ireland in a two-match T20I series from June 26 to 28 in Belfast, before playing five T20Is against England between July 1 and 11.<\/p>\n<p><b>India squad for Ireland series: <\/b>Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prince Yadav.<\/p>\n<p><b>India squad for England series: <\/b>Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prince Yadav.<\/p>\n<p><i>(With inputs from PTI)<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 06, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/india-squad-ireland-england-t20-series-full-list-of-players-shreyas-iyer-captain-vaibhav-sooryavanshi\/article71068797.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squads for India\u2019s T20I series in Ireland and England, to be held in June and July, respectively. Shreyas Iyer was named the captain of the T20I side, replacing T20 World Cup-winning skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who has been dropped from the team. Shreyas &#8230; <a title=\"India T20I squad for Ireland and England series: Shreyas Iyer named captain, Suryakumar dropped; Sooryavanshi gets maiden call-up\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177391\" aria-label=\"Read more about India T20I squad for Ireland and England series: Shreyas Iyer named captain, Suryakumar dropped; Sooryavanshi gets maiden call-up\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2202800892.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176380,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176380","url_meta":{"origin":177391,"position":0},"title":"Suryakumar to be sacked, Shreyas Iyer in 3-way race for India&#039;s T20I captaincy &#8211; India Today","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Suryakumar to be sacked, Shreyas Iyer in 3-way race for India's T20I captaincy\u00a0\u00a0India TodayIndia T20I selection: Sooryavanshi in, Suryakumar out?\u00a0\u00a0ESPNcricinfoBCCI likely to not call Suryakumar Yadav for next selection meeting\u00a0\u00a0The Times of IndiaBREAKING: Suryakumar removed as India T20 captain, to lose place in team as well\u00a0\u00a0The Indian ExpressSuryakumar Yadav, India's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/J6_coFbogxhRI9iM864NL_liGXvsQp2AupsKei7z0cNNfDvGUmWUy20nuUhkREQyrpY4bEeIBucs0-w300-rw.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":176362,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176362","url_meta":{"origin":177391,"position":1},"title":"Suryakumar Yadav set to be removed as India T20I captain; Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson frontrunners for replacement","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson have emerged as leading contenders to take over India\u2019s T20I captaincy, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) likely to move on from incumbent skipper Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the upcoming tours of Ireland and England. 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