New Delhi: Star India cricket Shreyas Iyer will continue to be part of the Men in Blue as Tilak Varmas Replacement for remainder of T20I series.

India batter Tilak Varma has resumed physical training and is steadily progressing with his rehabilitation at the BCCIs Centre of Excellence. However he will need additional time to regain full match fitness and will miss the final two T20Is of the ongoing IDFC First Bank five-match series against New Zealand.
Tilak is expected to rejoin the squad ahead of Indias warm-up match
Tilak is expected to rejoin the squad in Mumbai on February 3 once fully fit ahead of Indias warm-up match for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2026.

In the meantime Mens Selection Committee confirmed Shreyas Iyer will continue as Tilaks replacement for the remaining matches of the series.

Indias updated T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C) Abhishek Sharma Sanju Samson (WK) Shreyas Iyer Hardik Pandya Shivam Dube Axar Patel (VC) Rinku Singh Jasprit Bumrah Harshit Rana Arshdeep Singh Kuldeep Yadav Varun Chakaravarthy Ishan Kishan (WK) Ravi Bishnoi