Ahead of the season, SRH named Ishan Kishan as their stand-in captain in the absence of their regular skipper Pat Cummins. The Australian pacer has been undergoing a rehabilitation process and is yet to play for SRH in 2026. As Cummins is unavailable to play, Ishan Kishan will be in charge of leading the team from the front.
"Abhishek Sharma has been playing for the SRH for the last 7 years and has been performing well for them. He is also captaining at the state level, but he still didn’t get the captaincy of SRH," Yuvraj Singh said on speaking with SportsTak.
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Why Abhishek Sharma should be the leader of SRH
The 25-year-old opener has been associated with the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise since the 2019 IPL after spending a season with the Delhi Capitals in 2018. Soon moving from Delhi to Hyderabad, Abhishek, who used to bat in the middle order, appeared as an opener for SRH, which was definitely a turning point in his career. Given an extended run as an opener from IPL 2022 onwards, he has amassed 1575 runs at a strike rate of 167.37.
In the past, he captained the state cricket team of Punjab in domestic matches as well. Ahead of the IPL 2026, there were speculations that SRH could name Abhishek Sharma as their new captain. In reality, Ishan Kishan, who led Jharkhand to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament success, got the onus on his shoulders, and Sharma got the responsibility as the deputy of Kishan.
SRH will have to bounce back without Pat Cummins
In the first match of the league, the defending champion, RCB, outplayed SRH with ease. In that match, Ishan Kishan as an individual batter performed well, but as a team, they failed to impress.
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