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MUMBAI: India have replaced injured bowler Harshit Rana with pacer Mohammed Siraj in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad.
Harshit, 24, suffered a knee injury during the reigning champions’ warm-up fixture against South Africa on Wednesday, which eventually ruled him out of the World Cup.
“Team India pacer Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after sustaining a knee injury during the warm-up match against South Africa in Navi Mumbai on February 4th 2026,” the BCCI said in a statement.
“Following consultations with a specialist and subsequent scans, the BCCI medical team deemed him unfit to participate in the tournament. The team management wishes him a speedy recovery,” it added.
As a result, pacer Mohammed Siraj was named in the squad for the mega event, scheduled to run from February 7 to March 8.
The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has approved Mohammad Siraj as a replacement for Harshit Rana in the India squad.
A player can only be replaced after obtaining approval from the Event Technical Committee (ETC), which must approve the new player before they are officially added to the squad.
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vc), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar and Mohammed Siraj.
