India name Sooryavanshi in T20 squad, Suryakumar fired as captain

BCCI
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
AFP
AFP
India named Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in their T20 squad on Saturday, handing the 15-year-old sensation his maiden international call-up after a string of breathtaking performances in the domestic league.

Selectors also fired Suryakumar Yadav as captain, replacing him with Shreyas Iyer for two internationals in Ireland, five matches in England and the Asian Games.

Tilak Varma has replaced Axar Patel as the vice-captain of the T20I squad.

Apart from Shreyas and Sooryavanshi's inclusions, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravi Bishnoi and Prince Yadav were also included in the squad, while Rinku Singh and Kuldeep Yadav were left out from the squad that won the T20 World Cup. Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah were rested.

India T20I squad for Ireland and England

Shreyas Iyer (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

Read more: