IPL 2026 SRH vs RCB: Cummins is fit and working on his bowling load, says SRH head coach Vettori

Sunrisers Hyderabad volition instrumentality a telephone connected pacer Pat Cummins’ availability successful astir 10 to 12 days, caput manager Daniel Vettori said. Cummins is fit, but is moving connected his bowling load, Vettori said.

“His fittingness has been exceptional. He’s been retired of the crippled for an extended play of time, truthful he’s had clip to enactment connected fitness. The lone situation for him was the bowling load. Once helium got the all-clear from Cricket Australia to physique those bowling loads, it’s a spot of a painstaking process to get the lungs up to wherever helium feels assured and beardown astir bowling. Hopefully, we tin get a definitive timeline, astir apt successful the adjacent 10-12 days, connected erstwhile helium tin instrumentality to play,” Vettori said successful the pre-match property league connected Friday (March 27, 2026).

Vettori stated that 3 Indian uncapped batters — R. Smaran, Salil Arora, and Aniket Verma — are each successful the contention to summation spots successful the playing XI. “Smaran is astir apt successful the champion signifier among anyone successful India. Salil’s signifier successful the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy and warm-up games has been incredibly impressive. Abhishek (Sharma) has been a immense instrumentality of him. We conscionable person to equilibrium our 5th and sixth bowler options against a precise beardown RCB batting line-up,” Vettori said.

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Stand-in skipper Ishan Kishan and his lawman Abhishek signifier the close enactment group, Vettori said. “Kishan has been astir successful the IPL for a agelong clip now. He has led successful the under-19s, and helium has led his State squad to the Syed Mushtaq title. He is simply a assured subordinate and a leader, attributes that we looked astatine erstwhile helium was appointed. Kishan and Abhishek are bully friends, and they cognize the squad exceptionally well. They volition pb from the front,” the erstwhile New Zealand skipper said.