Sunrisers Hyderabad have roped in Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka as the replacement for the injured Brydon Carse for the Indian Premier League 2026. Madushanka will join the SRH squad for his base price of Rs 75 lakh.
“Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have picked Dilshan Madushanka as a replacement for Brydon Carse for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Carse has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL season due to an injury,” IPL said in a statement.
“Dilshan Madushanka, a left-arm medium pacer, has represented Sri Lanka in 1 Test, 28 ODIs and 19 T20Is and has 70 wickets in international cricket against his name. He will join SRH for INR 75 Lakh. The Sri Lankan bowler was previously a part of the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL,” the body added.
Meanwhile, SRH also shared a social media post to welcome the Sri Lankan speedster.ย “Dilshan Madushanka joins the squad as a replacement for Brydon Carse, who is ruled out due to injury. Welcome, Dilshan,” the franchise wrote.
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What happened to Carse?
Carse picked up a hand injury in the build-up to the IPL 2026. He missed out on playing SRH’s IPL opener against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 28 and subsequently was absent for the other four games too.ย
After SRH’s loss to RCB in the opener, head coach Daniel Vettori had revealed that Carse had picked up a hand injury. He hoped Carse would be available for the second game, but that didn’t happen. “He got hit on the hand in the nets when he was batting, on his bowling hand. It was cleared of any break, but there was quite a lot of swelling, and he tried to push for the game, but it was difficult for him to hold the ball. He has been improving, so we are hoping he is available for selection for Kolkata,” Vettori said after the match.
Carse had also missed the IPL 2025 as he was ruled out from the tournament due to a toe injury. SRH had signed South African all-rounder Wiaan Mulder as his replacement.