New Delhi:Ishan Kishan has been given the job of leading Sunrisers Hyderabad until isn't ready to play. Kishan has been playing very well lately, and his bat has been doing the talking for his domestic team Jharkhand, the national team India, and now the franchise team SRH.
Kishan is now in a great place after being left out of the main contracts. SRH signed the wicketkeeper batter before 2025, and now he is their temporary captain until Cummins can play. Cummins is already on the SRH team, but he is recovering from a lumbar stress injury and wants to play in the second half of the IPL.
Vettori said this:At the same time, SRH coach Vettori seemed calm about Kishan's leadership. Vettori said, "We're lucky that Pat has been around the group and has been able to talk to Ishan about how he leads." "But Ishan has done very well as a captain so far. From a captaincy point of view, we don't see [no Cummins on the field] as a bad thing at all, even though it might be a little different.
"As you saw in the first game, Ishan loves being a leader and being out there. I think it can really help his batting and keeping." He will leave his mark on the group as he gets to know them and the way they work together. I have no doubt that he will be a great leader for us.
Not much room for error against Kishan: VettoriThe head coach then pointed out that Kishan is very hard to bowl to because he is good at playing on both sides of the wicket. Kishan had a great game against RCB in the IPL 2026 opener, scoring 80 runs off of 38 balls even though his team lost. "There's very little room for error when bowling to Kishan. He can hit both sides of the wicket, hit behind the wicket, and then deal with the full ball aggressively, which puts pressure back on the bowler right away," Vettori said. "You can't stop him with spin because there's no style of bowling that he can't handle." He also handles pace bowling very well.
"So right away, when he walks out to the crease, he knows he can handle it and has the confidence to do so. He is ready to take on a bowler from the first ball, which puts a lot of pressure on him.
"He has been around for a long time, even though he's so young, but he really believes in his game. I think that's because he did well with Jharkhand in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament, was re-selected for India, and did well with India."
KKR-SRH game on the field for the NZ-SA T20 World Cup semifinalVettori also said that the KKR-SRH game will be played on the same field as the New Zealand-South Africa T20 World Cup semifinal. However, he added that this one is greener than usual and will not turn as much.
Vettori said, "I think there's a lot of respect for those two and what they've done for the franchise and their country. We won't take them lightly, even if they didn't have their best day in the last game." "They've shown themselves time and time again, especially at this venue, so the fight against those two tomorrow will be one of the most important parts of the game."