Before IPL 2026 Sunrisers Hyderabad Big news has come out from the camp. The team’s young batsman Salil Arora performed brilliantly in the practice match and hit five sixes in five consecutive balls. With this explosive form, SRH will start its IPL 2026 on March 28 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Bengaluru.
23 year old Salil Arora thrashed the fast bowlers in the practice match held on Saturday. He first hit two sixes off Jaydev Unadkat and then hit three consecutive sixes against Omkar Tarmale in the next over. The special thing was that his last six was a ‘no-look’ shot, which caught everyone’s attention.
Who was made the captain of SRH in place of Pat Cummins?
Meanwhile, the team has also taken an important decision regarding captaincy. Australia’s star all-rounder Pat Cummins will not be able to play in the initial matches due to injury. In such a situation, their place Ishan Kishan Will handle the captaincy of the team. SRH has also made it clear that Abhishek Sharma has been made the vice-captain during this period.
How long will Cummins be out?
Pat Cummins became a victim of back injury (Lumbar Stress Injury) during the Ashes series last year. Due to this, he was not only out of the remaining Ashes matches, but also had to miss the 2026 T20 World Cup. It is expected that he can join the team in the second half of IPL 2026.
Big responsibility on Ishan
For Ishan Kishan, this will be the captaincy opportunity for the first time in IPL. However, he has recently won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Jharkhand in domestic cricket, which shows confidence in his leadership. Abhishek Sharma is an important player of the team and his opening pair with Travis Head is considered very dangerous.
Now it remains to be seen how SRH starts in IPL 2026 with the new captain and whether this form of Salil Arora continues in the real matches as well.
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