The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 is set to kick off from March 28 (Saturday) with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) set to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the first match of the tournament at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Ahead of the season, there have been plenty of injury concerns for almost all the franchises, which is not ideal, but it is something they have to deal with and overcome.

Here’s the full list of injuries and replacements:

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Jack Edwards – Ruled out of the season due to foot injury; Replacement David Payne
Pat Cummins – Will miss initial stages due to back injury

Koklata Knight Riders

Harshit Rana – Ruled out of the season due to knee injury; Replacement: Navdeep Saini
Akash Deep – Ruled out of the season due to lower-back injury; Replacement: Saurabh Dubey
Matheesha Pathirana – Will miss initial stages due to calf strain

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Josh Hazlewood – Will miss initial stages due to hamstring injury

Yash Dayal – Ruled out of IPL due to personal reasons

Nuwan Thushara – Ruled out of the season after being denied NOC by SLC

Rajasthan Royals

Sam Curran – Ruled out of entire season due to groin injury; Replacement: Dasun Shanaka

Punjab Kings

Lockie Ferguson – Will miss initial stages due to personal reasons

Mumbai Indians

Atharva Ankolekar – Ruled out of entire season due to knee injury

Lucknow Super Giants

Josh Inglis – Will miss initial stages due to personal reasons

Delhi Capitals

Mitchell Starc – Will miss initial stages as part of workload management

Ben Duckett – Opts out of IPL 2026 to focus on his international career with England

Chennai Super Kings

Nathan Ellis – Ruled out of entire season due to hamstring injury; Replacement: Spencer Johnson

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