Siraj replaces Rana for India as seamer misses T20 World Cup with injury

Harshit Rana sustained the knee injury in a warm-up match against South Africa with Mohammed Siraj now taking his place.Published On 6 Feb 2026India seam bowler Harshit Rana has been ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup with a knee injury, India’s cricket board (BCCI) announced on Friday, with Mohammed Siraj named as a replacement.Rana, who has also ⁠developed into a handy lower-order batter, sustained the injury during a warmup match against South Africa on Wednesday when he bowled just one over before leaving the field.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2026 explained in maps and chartslist 2 of 4Pakistan Super League signs Bangladesh’s Mustafizur after IPL controversylist 3 of 4T20 World Cup 2026 quiz: How well do you know cricket’s shortest format?list 4 of 4T20 World Cup: India will travel to Colombo despite Pakistan boycottend of listSkipper Suryakumar Yadav had said that Rana’s injury did not look good, but that they had enough depth ⁠in the squad to deal with it.Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh are likely to share the new-ball duty, while India also have seam-bowling all-rounders in Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube.“It’s a big blow obviously because you make a squad of 15 players with a lot of combinations in mind,” Suryakumar said before ‌Saturday’s Group A contest against the United States.“If he is not available for us going forward, then we will set other combinations. We have enough ‌players.”The International Cricket Council said they had approved Siraj as a replacement for Rana.India are ‌bidding to be the first team ⁠in the tournament’s history to successfully defend their title and also be the first host to win a T20 World Cup.India’s revised squadSuryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju ‌Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj