{"id":555246,"date":"2026-03-21T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555246\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:09:07","slug":"the-whos-who-of-injured-and-unavailable-players-for-ipl-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555246\/","title":{"rendered":"The who’s who of injured and unavailable players for IPL 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heading into IPL 2026<\/a>, many players have been ruled out of some – or all – of the games because of injuries. This has been an especially hectic year for T20s, with a World Cup concluding just weeks ago, and a bevy of franchise leagues that players in demand rung in the new year with. Here is a comprehensive look at the strained muscles and broken bones that each franchise has to contend with.<\/p>\n

Kolkata Knight Riders<\/p>\n

Akash Deep<\/a> – He was the latest of their bowlers to be ruled out of the tournament, owing to a lower-back stress injury<\/a> he failed to recover from in time.<\/p>\n

Harshit Rana<\/a> – The India fast bowler is set to miss a bulk of, if not the entire season, as he recovers from a knee surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Matheesha Pathirana<\/a> – He will only be available from mid-April, due to a calf strain<\/a> he picked up during the recent T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/p>\n

Pat Cummins<\/a> – SRH’s regular captain is recuperating from a lumbar stress issue<\/a> in his back. He is expected to return midway through the tournament.<\/p>\n

Jack Edwards<\/a> – The Australia allrounder been ruled out of the entire tournament due to a foot injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rajasthan Royals<\/p>\n

Sam Curran<\/a> – The England allrounder is also ruled out of the entire season. He is suspected to have picked up a groin issue<\/a> in the aftermath of his run with England till the semi-final of the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Sam Curran bowls\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Josh Hazlewood<\/a> – The Australia quick will not be with the team for the first few matches either, having been out of action for most of these last few months<\/a>. He missed the entirety of the Ashes because of hamstring and Achilles issues, which he has still not fully recovered from.<\/p>\n

Chennai Super Kings<\/p>\n

Nathan Ellis<\/a> – The Australia fast bowler was ruled out after aggravating an old hamstring injury<\/a> in the domestic One-Day Cup final.<\/p>\n

Delhi Capitals<\/p>\n

Mitchell Starc<\/a> – He is likely to link up with the franchise at some point in the season.Cricket Australia is monitoring his workload<\/a> ahead of what is expected to be a busy international cricket calendar.<\/p>\n

Punjab Kings<\/p>\n

Lockie Ferguson<\/a> – He will miss the early parts of the tournament after prioritising time at home<\/a>, which he wants to spend with his family and a newborn son. He is fit otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heading into IPL 2026, many players have been ruled out of some – or all – of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-555246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}