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India T20I Squad for Ireland and England Series 2026: Shreyas Iyer New Captain, Suryakumar Yadav Dropped

The BCCI has announced India's squad for the Ireland and England T20I Series 2026. Shreyas Iyer replaces Suryakumar Yadav as captain, while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi earns his maiden call-up.

07.06.2026
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India T20I Squad for Ireland and England Series 2026

The highly anticipated squads for the Ireland and England T20I Series have been announced. This will begin a new era in Indian cricket and there will be 7 T20Is between those 2 series. The squads for both the series are identical and there are news points galore. The first T20I in Ireland will take place on 26th June.


Let’s look at the Indian Squad for Ireland and England T20I Series


Shreyas Iyer – Captain


Batters

Abhishek Sharma

Tilak Verma (VC)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

 

Wicket Keepers

Sanju Samson

Ishan Kishan

 

All Rounders

Nitish Kumar Reddy

Washington Sundar

Shivam Dube

Axar Patel

 

Fast Bowlers

Mohammad Siraj

Harshit Rana

Prince Yadav

Arshdeep Singh

 

Spinners

Varun Chakravarthy

Ravi Bishnoi

 

Talking Points from the Squad

  • Suryakumar Yadav has been removed as the captain and he doesn’t find a place in the Squad.

  • Shreyas Iyer has been made the new T20I Captain for India. This is a reward for his IPL performances.

  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been called up to the Indian side for both the Ireland and England T20I Series. He could be the youngest debutant for India. A look at his records in IPL 2026

  • Tilak Verma has been appointed the new vice captain in place of Axar Patel.

  • Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan will be the leading batters along with Tilak Verma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

  • Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel and Shivam Dube are the all Rounders.

  • Mohammad Siraj makes a comeback into the Indian team as a fast bowler along with Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Prince Yadav who gets selected for the first time.

  • Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi will be the spinners for India.