India name Shedge as injury cover for Reddy in Ireland, England T20Is
The Replacement
Nitish Kumar Reddy, 23, ruled out of Ireland + England T20Is with left quadriceps injury. MRI: Swelling with fiber disruption in left quad. Recovery: Min 4 weeks rehab at BCCI Centre of Excellence, doubtful for England ODIs starting July 14Replacement: Suryansh Shedge, 23, Mumbai all-rounder, earns maiden India call-up.
Reddy was ruled out of the tour with a left quadriceps injury that he aggravated during last week's third ODI against Afghanistan in Chennai. He will undergo his rehab at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for at least a month, with a view to being ready for the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka in August.
Mohammed Siraj (workload management) and Varun Chakravarthy (foot injury) were previously withdrawn from the original T20I squad named for the tour. Reddy was picked as seam-bowling all-rounder cover with Hardik Pandya also injured with quad niggle. Reddy’s recent issues: Bowled just 5 overs in IPL 2025, knee injury on England Test tour, now quad. Shedge now only seam-bowling all-rounder in T20I squad alongside Pandya
India A tri-series, Sri Lanka: 147 runs in 5 matches at SR 120.49, 23 overs bowled, 2 wickets. IPL 2026 for PBKS: 158 runs in 7 innings, avg 39.50, SR 175.55, including a fifty. SMAT 2024-25 for Mumbai: 131 runs at SR 251.92 in lower middle order, key to title win. Role: Right-hand batter, right-arm medium pace. Batting all-rounder who can finish.
India T20I squad for Ireland and England
Shreyas Iyer (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vice-capt), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Suryansh Shedge, Prasidh Krishna
Bottom line: Quad injury rules Nitish Reddy out of both Ireland + England T20Is. Uncapped Suryansh Shedge replaces him after strong IPL and India A showings. With Hardik also sidelined, India are thin on seam-bowling all-rounders for the UK white-ball tour starting June 26.
