NEW DELHI: Ahead of the IPL 2026 season, the two captains, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan and Gujarat Titans’ Shubman Gill, were seen engaging in fun and light-hearted banter. The video, in which the duo teased each other, was highly appreciated by fans on social media.Regular captain Pat Cummins will miss the early stages of IPL 2026 due to a back injury and in his absence, Ishan will lead SRH.In the video, Shubman and Ishan are seen taunting each other.
Gill first taunted Ishan by calling him a “half-captain”, to which the SRH player replied that he would respond later.When Gill was asked to give advice to Ishan, the GT captain said that he does not “give advice to half-captains”.Ishan responded by saying that he does not take advice from anyone and is “a champion in himself”.The lighthearted banter between the two friends didn’t end there.Ishan said that Shubman Gill would not perform very well this season.In response, Gill asked Ishan when was the last time Hyderabad won the title. Kishan responded by asking how many stars were on Gill’s jersey. When Gill repeated the question about SRH’s latest title, both friends laughed and said, “Jab ghar kachhey them, dil sachhey them.”Shubman then delivered a punchline, joking about Ishan and saying, “He wants to get into the Test and ODI teams.”He Indian Premier League 2026 will begin on Saturday, with the opening match of the tournament being played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad.“Ishan is a confident player”Head coach Daniel Vettori said that the Sunrisers Hyderabad team management had no hesitation in handing over the stand-in captaincy to Ishan Kishan as he has proven to be a “confident player and leader”.“I think Ishan has been in the IPL for a long period of time. He has been with several teams and has had a lot of success, so he brings his own confidence to that,” Vettori said at the pre-match press meet here on Friday.“The fact that he has led the under-19 team and their state team and they have won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this year brings a confident person, a confident player and a really confident leader and those are the attributes that we really looked at when he was appointed.“His combination with Abhishek, they are good friends, they know the team exceptionally well and I really feel like those two will lead from the front this season,” he added.See Also: RCB vs SRH Live Score
