SRH’s injury woes continue: Another English pacer ruled out after just two games in the 2026 IPL season

A couple of days ago, Brydon Carse had been ruled out on account of a hand injury. And Pat Cummins will take a few more days before he can play.

Updated on: Apr 16, 2026, 17:57:17 IST

Written by Prateek Srivastava

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Things are going from bad to worse for Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise has confirmed that its seamer David Payne won’t participate in the remainder of the league on account of an ankle injury.

He did well against Royal Challengers Bengaluru! (PTI)

Their regular captain, Pat Cummins, has not played a single game this season so far, and Ishan Kishan has stepped into the breach. Another English pacer Brydon Carse was also ruled out a couple of days ago due to a hand injury picked up in the nets, and although Dilshan Madushanka has been included as his replacement, these injuries can really rattle a team’s campaign in the middle of the league, if truth be told.

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Payne wasn’t the first choice anyway. He was the replacement for Australian pacer Jack Edwards, who had to pull out on account of a foot injury.

Payne played the first two games for SRH this season, against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders. Against RCB, he had conceded 35 runs in three overs; however, he removed Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma off the back-to-back deliveries. His efforts went in vain, though, as SRH finished on the losing side.

Against KKR, he didn’t do well at all, giving away 35 runs in two overs without any wickets, but his team managed to win the contest.

It remains to be seen if SRH announce any replacement for Payne.

Some relief on the Cummins front though!

Amid so much bad news, there is a glimmer of hope that Cummins may return to action pretty soon. As per Cricket Australia, he has been given the go-ahead with the IPL following satisfactory back scans on him earlier this week. “Pat Cummins has been given the all-clear to resume bowling without restrictions following fresh scans on his back in Sydney, paving the way for his return to action at the IPL.

“Cummins' latest set of scans on Wednesday confirmed the back stress issue that limited him to a single match of professional cricket since last August has now resolved.

“The Aussie pace spearhead will now return to India on Friday to link up with his Australia teammate Travis Head at the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise for the remainder of this year's IPL,” it said.

As of now, Cummins is expected to play against Rajasthan Royals on April 25. SRH are next in action against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. And then on Tuesday, they line up against Delhi Capitals.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prateek Srivastava
Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age. In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there. After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month. Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser. While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.Read More

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