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.
