Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s entry in Team India, Shreyas Iyer becomes captain, BCCI makes big announcement on IRE-ENG series
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Maiden Call UP to Team India: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday, June 6, announced Team India for the England-Ireland tour as well as the Asian Games 2026. During this time, 15 year old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been given a place in the squad. Which means that after IPL, this promising batsman will now be seen showing his talent in International T20 matches for Team India.
Apart from this, the board has taken a big decision for this tour and appointed Shreyas Iyer as the captain of the T20 team and Tilak Verma as the vice-captain. For the last few days, there has been a continuous demand for Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s entry in Team India and Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy of the T20 team. At present, BCCI has fulfilled these demands of the fans.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi got the award for lethal batting in IPL 2026
The selectors have rewarded Vaibhav Suryavanshi for his explosive batting in IPL 2026 and have included him in the squad of Asian Games 2026 apart from the Ireland and England series. It is noteworthy that Vaibhav had won five major awards in IPL 2026. During this period, the 15-year-old young batsman scored the maximum of 776 runs, which included 72 sixes. During this period his strike rate was more than 237.
Shreyas became the captain and Tilak Verma became the vice-captain.
BCCI has shown Suryakumar Yadav the way out of the T20 team. At the same time, keeping the future in mind, Shreyas Iyer has been given the command of the team. Now Iyer will be seen captaining the Indian team in T20. At the same time, left-handed batsman Tilak Verma has been given the responsibility of vice-captain.
presenting #TeamIndia‘s newest T20I captain 🇮🇳
Congratulations to Shreyas Iyer as he takes the helm in the shortest format of the game 👏@ShreyasIyer15 pic.twitter.com/frfAXAOkTA
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 6, 2026
Team India’s squad for T20 series against England
Vaibhav Suryavansi, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Mohammed Siraj, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav, Arshdeep Singh.
Team India’s squad for T20 series against Ireland
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnai, Mohammad Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.
presenting #TeamIndia‘s T20I squads for the tours of England & Ireland 2026 🇮🇳#ENGvIND | #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/f84kSSAIDf
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 6, 2026
Team also announced for Asian Games
Apart from this, BCCI has announced the Indian team for Asian Games 2026. Some changes have been seen here. The biggest thing in this is regarding Jasprit Bumrah. Actually, he has been made a part of the team for the Asian Games. Let’s take a look at the entire squad of Team India.
Indian team for Asian Games 2026
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh.
Here’sa look at #TeamIndia‘s squad for the Asian Games 2026 in Japan this September 👏#AsianGames pic.twitter.com/euMfmhWEcN
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 6, 2026
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Prince Yadav also got a chance
Apart from Vaibhav Suryavanshi, fast bowler Prince Yadav has also been included in the team for the tour of Ireland and England. Prince Yadav performed well for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026. During this period, he made big batsmen his victims. He played a total of 14 matches for LSG this year. Where he took 16 wickets with an economy of 8.83. His best performance during this period was 3 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.
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