Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) has withdrawn Nitish Kumar Reddy from Asian Games 2026's main squad. Nitish Kumar Reddy won't be able to participate in the Asian Games 2026 as he has been included in the ODI squad for the series against West Indies, which is scheduled to be played from September 27.
In other news, Vipraj Nigam has been officially announced as Varun Chakaravarthy's replacement in India's Asian Games squad. Varun Chakaravarthy has been ruled out of the Asian Games after picking a side strain in the first T20I against Afghanistan.
India’s updated squad for the Japan T20I & the Asian Games:
Shreyas Iyer (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (VC), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur, Vipraj Nigam
India’s ODI squad for West Indies series:
Shubman Gill [C], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul [VC], Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Mohammed Siraj, Auqib Nabi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Naman Dhir.