Shreyas Iyer has been named India T20I captain for the upcoming Ireland and England series, while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has earned a senior call-up in the same squad announcement.
The ICC reported that India confirmed their T20I groups for the Ireland tour, England tour and Asian Games on June 6, with Iyer listed as captain across all three assignments. The squads also include Tilak Varma as vice-captain and retain names such as Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube and Arshdeep Singh, according to the ICC’s squad update.
India’s England tour now has a clear leadership story
The England series begins at Chester-le-Street on July 1 before matches in Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and Southampton. That gives Iyer a five-match platform to shape India’s post-World Cup T20I direction against one of the format’s most scrutinised opponents.
The headline omission is Suryakumar Yadav, who captained India during their T20 World Cup-winning campaign earlier this year but has not been named in these squads. Jasprit Bumrah is absent from the Ireland and England series but is included for the Asian Games, where India have again named Iyer as captain.
Sooryavanshi’s inclusion adds the longer-term intrigue. The teenager’s first senior call-up turns this from a routine squad release into a selection statement, with India pairing an immediate leadership reset with one of the most closely watched young batters in the country.
