Just before IPL 2026, good news has come for Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH team’s regular captain Pat Cummins is scheduled to reach Bengaluru on Tuesday, March 24. There was concern in the Hyderabad camp regarding Cummins’ injury, due to which Ishan Kishan was appointed the interim captain of the team. Sunrisers Hyderabad has to play its first match with Royal Challengers Bangalore on 28 March.

Pat Cummins may join the Sunrisers Hyderabad team on Tuesday, but Ishan Kishan will represent the SRH team in the ‘Captains Meet’ to be held on Wednesday. On March 25, the captains of all the 10 teams will come together in Mumbai and their photoshoot will also take place. Ishan Kishan may attend the captains’ meeting, but it is not clear yet whether Kishan will remain the captain in the matches or not.

Good news for SRH

Two good news have come together for Sunrisers Hyderabad. On one hand, the team’s regular captain Pat Cummins is going to join the team soon. Whereas Sri Lankan fast bowler Ishan Malinga has got approval to play in IPL 2026. Malinga will reach Hyderabad on 24 March. Recall that he was retained by SRH for Rs 1.20 crore. Apart from them, Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka and Pathum Nissanka have also been approved by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board.

On March 28, Sunrisers Hyderabad will play its first match with Royal Challengers Bangalore. His second match will be with Kolkata Knight Riders on 2 April. The third match of Hyderabad team will be with Lucknow Super Giants on 5th April and the fourth match will be with Punjab Kings on 11th April. BCCI has so far released the schedule of only 20 matches of the tournament.

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Pat Cummins Injury IPL 2026: The performance of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025 was disappointing. The SRH team would like to make a new beginning by winning the first match of IPL 2026. Hyderabad will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of the season. Before that, there is a ‘bad news’ for this 2016 champion team, because captain Pat Cummins may miss the first few matches. In such a situation, chances of captaincy seem to be rising for Abhishek Sharma.

Abhishek Sharma will captain!

According to media reports, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s regular captain Pat Cummins may miss the first few matches of IPL 2026. Cummins, who was last seen playing in the Ashes series in December 2025. After that, he could not play the remaining matches of the Ashes series due to injury.

It is being told that Cummins is still recovering from the injury. If he is not able to play the first few matches for SRH, then Abhishek Sharma can be seen captaining the team. There has been no confirmation regarding this from Abhishek Sharma or Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad schedule

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has so far released the schedule of only 20 matches for IPL 2026. Hyderabad’s first match will be with defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 28, this will also be the first match of the IPL 2026 tournament.

March 28 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Bengaluru
April 2 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Kolkata
5 April – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants – Hyderabad
April 11 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings – New Chandigarh

Let us tell you that Sunrisers Hyderabad last reached the final of the 2024 season, but in the final they had to face defeat by 8 wickets at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders. That season, SRH’s batting line-up wreaked havoc, but the team collapsed in the finals.

IPL 2026 is going to start from March 28. The season will start with the match against defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has so far released the schedule of only 20 matches, which includes many blockbuster matches.

After the mini auction held last year, many teams have made major changes in their squads. Even the captain of one has changed. Before the 19th season of the Indian Premier League picks up pace, know who is going to captain which team?

captain of all teams

• Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – Ruturaj Gaikwad
• Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – Rajat Patidar
• Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) – pat cummins
• Punjab Kings (PBKS) – Shreyas Iyer
• Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) – Rishabh Pant
• Mumbai Indians (MI) – Hardik Pandya
• Delhi Capitals (DC) – Akshar Patel
• Gujarat Titans (GT) – Shubhman Gill
• Rajasthan Royals (RR) – Riyan Parag
• Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – Not decided yet

Rajasthan got 24 year old captain

Rajasthan Royals have taken a big decision regarding captaincy. 24-year-old Riyan Parag will command the team in IPL 2026. Sanju Samson was captaining the Rajasthan team for the last few seasons, but he has now moved to Chennai Super Kings. Eight teams have not made any change in their captain.

one team still left

Kolkata Knight Riders is the only team so far which has not yet announced the name of its captain for IPL 2026. According to media reports, Ajinkya Rahane is expected to remain the captain, but this has not been officially confirmed yet.

Rishabh Pant is not only the most expensive player in IPL history but also the most expensive captain. This time he would like to take Lucknow Super Giants at least till the playoffs under his leadership.

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