Siraj rested for the Ireland and England T20Is as Prasidh Krishna comes in
India have pulled Mohammed Siraj out of their T20I tour of Ireland and England on workload grounds, with Prasidh Krishna called up to replace him.
Jun 10, 2026
India will start their white-ball tour of Ireland and England without Mohammed Siraj. The BCCI confirmed on Tuesday that the fast bowler has been pulled out of both T20I assignments on workload grounds, with Prasidh Krishna drafted in to take his place.
There is nothing alarming behind the call. The board described it as a precaution rather than a response to any injury, taken after the medical staff and the team management sat down and looked at how much cricket Siraj has in front of him. He has barely paused this year, and the decision reads as an attempt to keep him fresh for the bigger tests still to come.
A planned break, not a setback
Siraj has been one of the most heavily used bowlers in the Indian setup across formats, and the schedule from here offers little room to breathe. A full ODI series against England follows the T20Is, and the Asian Games T20 competition arrives in September. Rather than run him into the ground in Belfast and across five matches in England, the selectors have chosen to give him a window of rest now.
It fits a pattern that has been visible for a few weeks. Siraj was also managed carefully around the Test and ODI fixtures against Afghanistan, and this latest move is part of the same thinking. India have enough seam depth at the moment to absorb the absence without weakening the attack, which makes resting a frontline bowler an easier choice than it once would have been.
Prasidh gets another look
The man who comes in, Prasidh Krishna, knows Siraj’s rhythms well from their time together at Gujarat Titans. His India T20I career has been stop-start, with only a handful of appearances and a last outing in the format back in 2023 against Australia. He has had to wait a long time for another opportunity in the shortest format.
His case has been helped by a strong domestic and franchise season, and his height and bounce give the attack a different angle to the others in the group. With the new captain looking to settle his bowling combinations before a busy run, the Ireland and England matches give Prasidh a clean chance to push his claim.
What India have lined up
The tour opens with two T20Is against Ireland in Belfast, on 26 and 28 June, before the action shifts to England for five T20Is running through the first half of July. Shreyas Iyer leads the side for the first time in the format, having been handed the captaincy across these assignments, with Suryakumar Yadav left out of the plans.
The squad also carries a notable name for the future in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the teenager rewarded with a maiden senior call-up. For Siraj, the brief is simpler: rest now and be ready when the heavier workload returns.