The BCCI has announced the squad T20I series for the upcoming tour of Ireland and England & Asian Games to be held in Japan in June, July & September respectively.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has received his maiden call-up to the India squad. Shreyas Iyer has been named as new T20I skipper, with Tilak Varma being named his deputy.
Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who has been rested for the Ireland and England series, will be part of the squad for the Asian Games.
Suryakumar Yadav, who had led India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign earlier this year, has been dropped fron the squad.
India squads
England Series: Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prince Yadav & Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Ireland series: Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy, Prince Yadav & Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Asian Games: Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ishan Kishan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh. Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy & Vaibhav Sooryavanshi