India replaced a World Cup-winning T20 captain. In the same squad announcement, a 15-year-old broke a Sachin Tendulkar record.
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The BCCI named Shreyas Iyer as India’s new T20I captain on 6 June 2026, replacing Suryakumar Yadav. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi earned his maiden call-up in the same squad, becoming the youngest-ever player picked for India, at 15 years and 71 days. Full details on this squad announcement now live in GK0011 — Cricket in India. That article also covers the BCCI, the IPL, and India’s World Cup history.
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