New Captain Ishan Kishan Lights Up IPL 2026 for SRH!
Ishan Kishan is the leading candidate to captain Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2026 if Pat Cummins is unavailable at the start. Kishan enters the season in strong form after scoring 354 runs in IPL 2025 and 317 runs for the India national cricket team in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, where he helped India win the title. Abhishek Sharma will be Ishan's deputy.
NEW DELHI: Team India's left-handed batter Ishan Kishan is the frontrunner to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in the upcoming IPL 2026 season, as there is yet no clarity on when Pat Cummins will link up with the squad. TimesofIndia. com reliably understands that the SRH management has had a discussion in this regard, and Kishan has been identified as the most suitable candidate to have the armband in the Australian fast bowler's absence.
Abhishek Sharma will be Ishan's deputy in this season. Ishan's stocks are on a bull run at the moment. The 27-year-old has had a brilliant T20 World Cup campaign, where he became the toast of the nation for his performances, initially as a top-order batter and then at No.
3 when Sanju Samson returned to the Playing XI. Ishan Kishan's performance in last IPL Kishan has established himself as one of the most explosive wicketkeeper-batters in the IPL. Across 119 matches in the tournament, playing for three franchises including Sunrisers Hyderabad, he has scored 2,998 runs from 112 innings at an average of 29.
10 and a strike rate of 137. 64. His tally includes one century, 17 half-centuries, 288 fours and 134 sixes, underlining his aggressive batting style.