The upcoming edition of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-shashank-singh-optimistic-about-punjab-kings-chances-of-clinching-title-23622953" rel="nofollow">Indian Premier League</a> (IPL) is all set to kick off from March 28.
Ahead of the league, Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) head coach Daniel Vettori spoke about stand-in captain Ishan Kishan. He said that the left-handed batsman has been around for a long period in the league and he brings his own confidence.
"I think Ishan's been around in the IPL for a long period of time now. He's been with a number of teams and he's been highly successful, so, he brings in his own confidence around that," he said.
Kishan has been appointed SRH's stand-in captain as regular skipper <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/aussie-captain-pat-cummins-still-keen-on-all-formats-23622819" rel="nofollow">Pat Cummins</a> will miss the initial stage of the upcoming league. The pacer is dealing with a back injury.
The head coach then said that Kishan has been appointed as the skipper, considering that he led his state team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He also said that the left-handed batsman will lead the team from front along with his fellow teammate, Abhishek Sharma, who has been appointed as the vice-captain.
"The fact that he's led the U19s and his state team and they won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this year brings a confident person, a confident player and a really confident leader and those are the attributes that we really looked at when he was appointed. His combination with Abhishek, they're good friends, they know the team exceptionally well and I really feel like those two will lead from the front this season," said Vettori.
The first match of the tournament is scheduled to be played between the defending champions, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-rcb-head-coach-andy-flower-provides-an-update-on-josh-hazlewood-availability-23622967" rel="nofollow">Royal Challengers Bengaluru</a> (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on March 28 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
<h2>IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Full Squads</h2>
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Josh Hazlewood, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Krunal Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt (WK), Rajat Patidar (C), Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Salam, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethell, Vicky Ostwal, Mangesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Pat Cummins, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Travis Head, Liam Livingstone, Ishan Kishan (WK), Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, Zeeshan Ansari, Abhishek Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards, Harsh Dubey, Salil Arora (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Smaran Ravichandran, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Aniket Verma, Shivang Kumar, Krains Bhaveshbhai Fuletra, Omkar Tarmale.
(With PTI Inputs)

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