Star pacer makes way for Mohammed Siraj in India's T20I squad for Ireland and England tour
Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) has made an official announcement stating that star pacer Prasidh Krishna has been drafted in as a replacement for Mohammed Siraj in India's T20I squad for the impending tour of Ireland and England.
The Men in Blue are all set to visit the islands of Ireland and England for a multi-format white-ball series. The series includes two T20I games against Ireland followed by five T20I matches and three ODIs against England.
The Indian squad for the series was recently announced by the BCCI, however, an alteration has been made in the squad owing to workload management as star pacer Prasidh Krishna has replaced Mohammed Siraj in the T20I team.
Notably, the decision to pull Siraj out of the series is a precautionary measure. "Following discussions between the BCCI Medical Team and the Team Management, Siraj has been advised a period of rest as part of his workload management programme. The decision has been taken as a precautionary measure to ensure adequate recovery ahead of a long international season," the BCCI said.
India to begin tour of Ireland on June 26:
Meanwhile, the Indian team is scheduled to play two T20I matches against the hosts at the Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast on June 26 and June 28, respectively.
Post the Ireland tour, India will head over to England for a five-match T20I series which will be played from July 1 to July 11 at Chester-le-Street, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol and Southampton, respectively.
Furthermore, the Indian team will play a three-match ODI series against England from July 14 to July 19 at Birmingham, Cardiff and Lord's Cricket Ground, respectively.
Updated Indian squad for Ireland and England T20I series: 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, and Prasidh Krishna.
