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Mohammed Siraj has been rested arsenic portion of workload management, with Prasidh Krishna named arsenic his replacement for Ireland and England tours, the BCCI said connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026).
The BCCI described the determination arsenic a “precautionary measure” to guarantee speedy betterment up of the agelong planetary season.
Siraj was named successful the squad for the Ireland and England bid consisting 2 and 5 T20Is respectively but was not picked for the Asian Games successful Japan.
“Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj has been withdrawn from India's squads for the upcoming T20I bid against Ireland and England,” the BCCI said successful a statement.
“Following discussions betwixt the BCCI Medical Team and the Team Management, Siraj has been advised a play of remainder arsenic portion of his workload absorption programme.
“The determination has been taken arsenic a precautionary measurement to guarantee capable betterment up of a agelong planetary season. The Men's Selection Committee has named Prasidh Krishna arsenic Siraj's replacement for some T20I series,” the BCCI added.
Siraj was a precocious summation to the Indian squad successful their past T20I duty — the T20 World Cup — portion helium played successful each of the 17 matches for Gujarat Titans successful the IPL 2026, taking 19 wickets.
The right-arm pacer was besides a portion of the one-off Test against Afghanistan which ended wrong 3 days connected Monday.
Updated squad for Ireland and England tours
Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna.
