Sunrisers Hyderabad's Jack Edwards ruled out of IPL 2026 due to a foot injury

At the auction, the 25-year-old fetched ₹3 crore and was the only uncapped foreign player to be purchased.

Updated on: Mar 20, 2026, 13:18:07 IST

Written by Prateek Srivastava

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Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad’s troubles don’t seem to end. In another blow on Friday, their Australian seam-bowling allrounder Jack Edwards has been ruled out of the 19th edition of the league starting March 28, on account of a foot injury.

Jack Edwards made his international debut in late January. (AFP)

At the auction, the 25-year-old fetched ₹3 crore and was the only uncapped foreign player to be purchased. However, he has since represented Australia in a T20I against Pakistan in late January.

Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s regular captain Pat Cummins had to pull out of the initial few matches on account of a lumbar stress issue. Ishan Kishan has been asked to step into the breach for now.

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Anyway, going back to Edwards, he had a solid Big Bash League season in 2025-26. In Sydney Sixers colours, he took 19 wickets besides scoring 133 runs in 13 games in all. He debuted against Pakistan in late January in the first T20I at Lahore, and contributed 0/25 (2 overs) and five runs off six balls. Pakistan comfortably won the game though. Edwards didn’t get another opportunity in the series that the visitors lost 3-0.

Edwards also played two Sheffield Shield matches for his side after that, New South Wales. He didn’t feature in the last game of the season for his side that finished earlier this week. His last Sheffield Shield game of the season came last month though, and he retired hurt after scoring a 48-ball 46. He didn’t participate in the remainder of the game, neither batted nor bowled. He was tactically replaced due to a hamstring injury.

It must be a big blow to Edwards, after all it’s every player’s dream to feature in the IPL, all the more so for a budding player. He would have made his IPL debut this season. Now he will have to wait for the next season.

Quite a few Aussies laid low by injuries!

Quite a few Australian pacers like Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals) and Nathan Ellis (Chennai Super Kings) have been hampered by injuries ahead of the season. Hazlewood and Starc will miss the start of the season, but Ellis has been ruled out entirely.

The IPL kicks off on March 28 with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad. It may be noted that the entire IPL schedule is not out yet due to the upcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam.

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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