Brydon Carse, who SRH retained ahead of the 2026 auction, suffered an injury in his right hand while playing in the nets ahead of the season opener match against RCB. SRH head coach Daniel Vettori thought he would recover soon, but he didn’t, so SRH announced Sri Lankan left-arm seamer Dilshan Madhushanka as a replacement. SRH got him for 75 lakhs.

SRH posted a video from their official handle saying, “ A new Chapter begins. Welcome home, Dilshan”

Madushanka has played one Test, 28 ODIs and 19 T20Is for Sri Lanka and has 70 wickets in international cricket. Although he was part of the 2024 season with MI, he was ruled out due to a hamstring Injury.

Netizens' reaction to Madhushanka’s arrival

SRH didn’t have a good start to their IPL season, although they have a strong batting lineup, but equally weak bowling has let them down. Although in the recent match that concluded against RR, SRH had a major turnaround with two debutant bowlers, Praful Hinge and Sakib Hossain, taking 5 wickets together, resulting in the early collapse of the mighty Royals. Praful had a dream debut with 3 wickets in his first over of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Jurel and Pretorious.

With the arrival of a new bowler in SRH, fans seem to be highly excited and welcoming him into the orange army. Netizens shared edits of Madhushanka too:

 

 

Some said he could be a surprise factor :

 

Some fans predicted he will be in bench for the season: