Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have signed Sri Lankan pacer Dilshan Madushanka for Rs 75 Lakh, replacing the injured Brydon Carse for IPL 2026. SRH are currently fourth and will face CSK in their next match.
SRH Sign Madushanka as Replacement
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have picked Dilshan Madushanka as a replacement for Brydon Carse for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. The 30-year-old English seamer, Carse, has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL season due to an injury.
Dilshan Madushanka, a left-arm medium pacer, has represented Sri Lanka in 1 Test, 28 ODIs and 19 T20Is and has 70 wickets in international cricket against his name. He will join SRH for Rs 75 Lakh. The Sri Lankan bowler was previously a part of the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL.
Dream Debut for Uncapped Pacers
SRH currently stand at fourth place in the points table with two wins in five matches, and will face Chennai Super Kings in their next game on Saturday at their home venue. The Ishan Kishan-led side will come for the CSK match on the back of a 57-run win over the Rajasthan Royals, thanks to the dream debut of young uncapped pacers, Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain. The uncapped duo of Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain took eight wickets combined for SRH and dismantled the RR batting order when they started the run chase of 217 runs.
Praful Hinge's Four-Wicket Haul
The 24-year-old Hinge took four wickets and was named Player of the Match in his debut IPL game. He got the wickets of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel and Lhuan-dre Pretorius in his very first over. He also dismissed the RR skipper Riyan Parag in his next over and eventually finished his spell with bowling figures of 34/4.
Sakib Hussain's Impact
Sakib Hussain opened the bowling with Hinge and got the big wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in his first over. He went on to dismiss Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer and Ravi Bishnoi to finish his spell with bowling figures of 24/4.
SRH Full Squad: IPL 2026
SRH Full Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (c) (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Praful Hinge, Kamindu Mendis, David Payne, Zeeshan Ansari, Dilshan Madushanka, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar. (ANI)
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