Yuvraj on SRH’s Abhishek captaincy snub: ‘Now with what frame of mind will he play’?

One of the biggest talking points starring up to the commencement of IPL 2026 was the Sunrisers Hyderabad's prime of skipper successful the lack of regular skipper Pat Cummins. SRH announced Ishan Kishan arsenic the stand-in skipper, snubbing Abhishek Sharma and the determination did not spell down good with a conception of the fans and adjacent cricket experts.

Now, erstwhile India cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Abhishek’s mentor, has stated that it is disappointing for immoderate subordinate who has fixed his ‘heart and soul’ to the franchise ‘ for years’ to person missed retired connected starring the side. “It is disappointing. I emotion Ishan Kishan. I person seen his maturation arsenic good successful Indian cricket, his comeback arsenic well,” Yuvraj Singh said successful SportsTak Podcast. “If I springiness you an example, power this from a player’s position - accidental if Abhishek Sharma, earlier the World Cup, came into the team, his authorities squad won, scored a 100 successful the final, came into the World Cup team, helium scores runs and helium is skipper of the franchise. “On the different hand, Ishan Kishan, playing for 1 franchise for 7 years, has performed, fixed his bosom and psyche for the franchise and besides captains the authorities broadside arsenic well, but does not get captaincy; helium gets the vice-captaincy. Now what framework of caput helium plays franchise cricket with - with a spot of disappointment.” However, Yuvraj Singh opined that this snub is thing that Abhishek should instrumentality arsenic information and they effort to bash adjacent amended than what helium is doing currently.

"If it happened with me, I person to beryllium clear, 'listen, this has happened, I americium disappointed'. I spoke to Abhishek arsenic good and told him we are going to enactment that disappointment speech and I volition enactment my skipper and I volition effort and bash adjacent better, due to the fact that thing has wounded me, ab aur zor lagaunga, to bash better.

That should beryllium your motivation," said Yuvraj. While determination has been authoritative connection from SRH connected the crushed to prime Kishan implicit Abhishek, but the wide feeling is that Ishan, who made a instrumentality to the Indian squad aft 2 years and has stellar World Cup run scoring 317 runs, had led his authorities broadside Jharkhand to the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - India’s premier home T20 tourney - including a period successful the last and 517 runs successful the tourney to spell with - was the perfect prime for the stop-gap arrangement.

Further explaining Kishan's prime arsenic skipper by SRH , Yuvraj looked backmost astatine his India vocation and the clip erstwhile MS Dhoni was made the India skipper successful 2007 contempt the beingness of elder players. "For example, erstwhile I was successful the Indian team, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag were seniors, I was vice-captain, but from obscurity MS Dhoni comes and becomes captain. Whatever the reasons possibly ... franchise cricket volition not find if you volition skipper India.You look astatine Shubman Gill; due to the fact that everyone felt helium is astir hardworking, astir sincere astir the game, helium thinks astir cricket successful a antithetic way, and selectors felt this feline should skipper India. Maybe aforesaid mode Dhoni was made captain. And if idiosyncratic is destined to captain, to bash large things for India, that volition happen.," said Yuvraj. Cummins, who led SRH successful 2024 and 2025 is recovering from a backmost injury, and adjacent though helium has joined the SRH squad helium is inactive unavailable for selection. The wounded had ruled him retired of the 2026 T20 World Cup. The Australian, though, has fixed his stamp of support connected Ishan’s elevation, stating, “Ishan had a truly palmy captaincy stint with his section broadside successful the past twelvemonth oregon so..’.