Siraj Rested, Prasidh Krishna Returns For India's T20 Series Against Ireland And England

New Delhi: BCCI has dropped Mohammed Siraj from the T20 squad for both the Ireland and England series. Prasidh Krishna comes in. He has not played for a while. The decision has caught fans off guard.

Why Siraj is out?

According to BCCI, Siraj had been out not because of any injury but the workload management. The medical team and team management sat down, discussed, and decided to rest him. A long international season is ahead. They want him fresh.

Prasidh Krishna's opportunity?

Krishna is tall. He gets extra bounce. He bowls fast. Ireland and England pitches will help him. His inclusion makes India's pace attack harder to handle on those surfaces.

Who leads the side?

Shreyas Iyer is captain. Tilak Varma is vice-captain. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Prince Yadav are among the young faces who get a chance. Here is the full squad list of the Indian Cricket Team:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Prasidh Krishna.