India, March 28 -- Ishan Kishan is set to captain Sunrisers Hyderabad for few matchesin IPL 2026 as regular skipepr Pat Cummins will be unavailable for the opening games. The spotlight will be on the wicketkeeper-batter, especially after his sensational T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, where India succesfully defended their title.

SRH face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the season opener on Saturday. Kishan has faced RCB in 14 IPL matches, bagging seven wins and seven defeats. In 14 innings, he has registered 478 runs off 290 balls at an average of 36.77 and 164.8 strike rate. He also has three half-centuries against RCB.

Opening up on appointed Kishan as the temporary captain, SRH head coach Daniel Vettori said, "I think Ishan's been aroun...