Pat Cummins leaves Sunrisers Hyderabad camp, heads back to Australia for final scans, will join SRH on…

According to ESPNcricinfo, Cummins will undergo a final scan of his injured back in Australia under Cricket Australia's supervision. The pacer left the SRH squad after the team's 65-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens.

Cummins is expected to join the Hyderabad squad on April 17 if he gets the due clearance from Cricket Australia. Earlier, the 32-year-old had said that if everything went to plan, then he would surely play the second half of the 19th edition of the IPL. In Cummins' absence, Ishan Kishan has been leading Sunrisers and the 2016 champions have so far won one and lost one.

“I'm back bowling. I'm bowling basically every third day at the moment. We've mapped out a plan to get me right by the middle of the tournament,” he added.

SRH desperately need Cummins to recover and feature in the playing XI as the bowling looks very thin on paper. The franchise might have won against KKR, but one cannot deny that bowling is the team's weakest suit in the IPL 2026 season.

To make matters worse, Brydon Carse, the England speedster, is also injured, and hence Eshan Malinga and David Payne have been playing for Hyderabad as overseas pace options.

Sunrisers will next take on the Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday, April 5.

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