New Delhi:missed out as Sunrisers Hyderabad play Chennai Super Kings in their sixth match of the Indian Premier League 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday, April 18. Cummins is back in Hyderabad, but he's not on the team, which is trying to build on its success from the win over the Rajasthan Royals.
Cummins went home to get scans for his lumbar stress injury, and Cricket Australia gave him the green light to join the SRH camp in the Indian cash-rich league. As they made their way to the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium for the CSK game, SRH posted a video of Cummins getting on the team bus.
Here is the video:Is Cummins in the Playing XI for the game?No, Cummins is not playing this game, and he will also miss SRH's next game against the Delhi Capitals on April 21. The Australian ODI and Test captain recently said that he wants to make a comeback on April 25. "Come back on Friday. "Going for 25th vs. RR," Cummins told fans on Instagram.
Daniel Vettori, the head coach of SRH, also said that Cummins would probably be back for the game on April 25. Vettori said, "He's flying today, so I think he'll be with us tonight." He added, "The plan is for the 25th," putting an end to any rumors about Cummins' quick return.
CSK chooses to bowl against SRH.Ruturaj Gaikwad, the captain of CSK, won the toss and chose to bowl first. There is no, but Matthew Short is back, and Mukesh Choudhary plays his first game of the season.
"It's definitely good to be up from the bottom. But I think we started doing the basics right after the second game. Our batting and bowling were good, but our fielding has been hit or miss. But I believe we have been doing very well in all areas. Gaikwad said at the toss, "The key today is to stay consistent and do the basics right."
"Is it good to see different players play?" Yes, of course. I thought Noor bowled really well in the last game. It's good to have him back on track, and Anshul bowled really well, even when he was dead. A few guys stepping up in the bowling really helps. It gives me and the team a lot of confidence. I'm really looking forward to it. (What do you think of the surface?) It looks like abelter in your language, but you never know how it will turn out. "We'll try to evaluate it as soon as we can and, you know, keep them as low as we can," he said.
SRH makes one change.In the meantime, SRH changed one thing about the team that beat RR. "I think we would have batted first." It looks like a good wicket, so we want to score a lot of runs. You have to bat for the team and not for individual performances. We just have to play one game at a time, and it doesn't matter where we are right now because the tournament is long. I think the ball will move a little at first, so the batters need to pay attention to it and play well. Dilshan Madushanka comes in for Harsh Dubey for more swing upfront," Kishan said at the toss.