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Ishan Kishan has been appointed stand-in skipper of Sunrisers Hyderabad up of IPL 2026, with opener Abhishek Sharma named his deputy.
The India wicketkeeper-batter volition pb the broadside successful the lack of regular skipper Pat Cummins, who is presently recovering from a backmost wounded that besides ruled him retired of the caller T20 World Cup.
“Pat Cummins volition miss a fewer games portion recovering from injury. Until helium returns, Ishan Kishan volition service arsenic skipper and Abhishek Sharma arsenic vice-captain,” the franchise posted connected X connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026).
This marks a uncommon infinitesimal successful IPL history, wherever each squad features an Indian skipper — astatine slightest until Cummins regains afloat fitness, the past clip being successful the aboriginal stages of the 2019 edition.
Cummins has led Sunrisers since 2024, starring them to the last successful his debut season. The team, however, slipped to a sixth-place decorativeness past twelvemonth and missed retired connected the playoffs. Overall, successful 30 matches arsenic skipper, helium has registered 15 wins, 14 losses, and 1 No Result.
Kishan, who was signed for ₹11.25 crore successful 2025, made an contiguous interaction with an unbeaten 47-ball 106 connected SRH debut against Rajasthan Royals. His form, however, tapered disconnected arsenic the play progressed, ending with 354 runs from 13 innings astatine a onslaught complaint of 152.58.
The 27-year-old heads into IPL 2026 successful fantabulous touch. He guided Jharkhand to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, its maiden home title, finishing arsenic the tournament’s starring run-scorer with 517 runs successful 10 innings. That earned him a nationalist squad callback for its title-winning T20 World Cup campaign, wherever helium amassed 317 runs, the second-most for India.
SRH volition footwear disconnected its run this twelvemonth against defending champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru astatine the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium successful Bengaluru connected March 28.
