SRH Bring in Sri Lanka’s Dilshan Madushanka for Rs 75 Lakh to Replace Brydon Carse

SRH signed Sri Lanka pacer Dilshan Madushanka for Rs 75 lakh as replacement for injured Brydon Carse in IPL 2026.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have signed Sri Lankan pacer Dilshan Madushanka as a replacement for Brydon Carse for the rest of IPL 2026. Carse picked up an injury before the March 28 opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and did not play any of SRH’s 5 matches. He now will misse the entire season.

The IPL confirmed the move on Tuesday. Madushanka, 25, joins the squad for Rs 75 lakh. The left-arm pacer has played 1 Test, 28 ODIs and 19 T20Is for Sri Lanka and has taken 70 international wickets.

He previously featured for Mumbai Indians in the IPL and now strengthens SRH’s pace attack for the remaining games.

🚨 Player replacement 🚨@SunRisers pick Dilshan Madushanka as injury replacement for Brydon Carse.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 14, 2026

“Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have picked Dilshan Madushanka as a replacement for Brydon Carse for the remainder of TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Carse has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL season due to an injury. 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,” IPL stated in a release.

Brydon Carse adds to SRH’s injury list after missing IPL 2026. He had also missed IPL 2025 due to injury.

SRH earlier lost Jack Edwards, with David Payne coming in as replacement. Payne made his debut on March 28 against RCB, took 2 wickets, but lost his spot after a tough outing against KKR.

Dilshan Madushanka brings strong T20 numbers, with 61 wickets in 63 matches, and experience from the 2023 ODI World Cup.