Shreyas replaces Suryakumar as India T20 captain; Sooryavanshi in for England, Ireland series
Public Lokpal
June 06, 2026
Shreyas replaces Suryakumar as India T20 captain; Sooryavanshi in for England, Ireland series
MUMBAI: Winds of change swept across India's T20I set-up as Shreyas Iyer on Saturday took over the captaincy from Suryakumar Yadav, and wonder kid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi found a place in the squad for the twin tour of Ireland and England.
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.
Tendulkar was 16 years and 205 days when he made his Test debut against Pakistan at Karachi on November 15, 1989.
Squads: Asian Games: Shreyas (C), Tilak, Vaibhav, Samson, Kishan, Abhishek, Reddy, Axar, Washington, Bishnoi, Varun, Arshdeep, Bumrah, Dube, Sooryavanshi.
England and Ireland: Shreyas (C), Tilak, Vaibhav, Samson, Kishan, Abhishek, Reddy, Axar, Washington, Bishnoi, Varun, Arshdeep, Siraj, Dube, Sooryavanshi, Prince Yadav
India A squad for SL multi-day tour: Jurel (C), Sai Sudharsan, Padikkal, Gaikwad, Jagadeesan, Kamboj, Ayush Pandey, Harsh Dubey, Gurnoor Brar, Saransh Jain, Auqib Nabi, Shaik Rasheed, Zeeshan Ansari.
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