World Cup’s ‘Dhurandhar’ Ishan Kishan will become the captain, he is going to get a big responsibility before IPL 2026, when will it be announced?

Pat Cummins IPL Availability: Indian team’s wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan can be seen captaining in IPL 2026. According to media reports, Sunrisers Hyderabad is considering making him the new captain of the team. Because there has been no clear update yet regarding current captain Pat Cummins joining the team. It is being told that the franchise management has also talked to Ishan Kishan regarding the captaincy and he is being considered a strong option for this responsibility.

Great record in IPL

Ishan Kishan has been in great form for the last few months. He was recently part of the Indian team that won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Even in IPL, Kishan has played many explosive innings and has performed well as a wicketkeeper batsman.

He has scored 2998 runs in 119 IPL matches. During this period, his average has been 29.10 and strike rate has been 137.64. Kishan has scored 1 century and 17 half-centuries in IPL. He has hit 288 fours and 134 sixes. He has played for Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Place in ICC World Cup team also

Players of the Indian team, which won the T20 World Cup for a record third time, Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya were also included in the Team of the Tournament by the ICC.

Kishan remained fourth in the list of highest run scorers in this tournament by scoring 317 runs. He strengthened the team’s top order by batting at a strike rate of 193.29. He played an inning of 77 runs in the match against Pakistan. Apart from this, while batting at number three in the Super-8 stage, he scored half-centuries against the England national cricket team in the semi-finals and the New Zealand national cricket team in the final.

Jharkhand made champion

After being out of the team for almost two years due to fitness and availability issues, Kishan made a spectacular comeback in domestic cricket. He performed brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and made Jharkhand the champion by scoring a century in the final. For the first time, under the captaincy of Ishan Kishan, Jharkhand won the title by defeating Haryana by 69 runs in December 2025.

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Start of IPL 2026

IPL 2026 will start from March 28. The opening match of the tournament will be played between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.