Sunrisers Hyderabad suffered a big blow, Pat Cummins returned to Australia between IPL 2026; this is the reason

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 5, 2026

Cummins leaves for Australia for final scan: According to media reports, Pat Cummins has left the Sunrisers Hyderabad camp and returned to Australia for the final scan of his back injury. This scan will be done under the supervision of Cricket Australia as per the already decided process.

May return on 17th April: If everything goes well and Pat Cummins gets clearance from Cricket Australia, then Pat Cummins can rejoin the Sunrisers Hyderabad team on 17th April. However, in the meantime he will miss at least three more matches of Sunrisers. Let us tell you that he has already missed the first two matches of his team’s season. In his absence, Ishan Kishan is captaining the team.

Were retained for 18 crores: Pat Cummins has been a part of the Sunrisers team since 2024 and the team has performed brilliantly under his captaincy. This is the reason SRH franchise retained him for Rs 18 crore for the 2026 season. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether he is available to play for the SRH team in the 2026 season or not.

SRH’s full squad for IPL 2026: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Liam Livingston, Brydon Carse, Harsh Dubey, Jack Edwards, Kamindu Mendis, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Ashan Malinga, Praful Hinge, Omkar Tarmale, Saqib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Crain Phuletra, Amit Kumar.