Ishaan Kishan and Zeeshan Ansari (X)

Stand-in Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Ishan Kishan Teammates found themselves at the center of a fiery moment on the field during a practice game on Saturday Zeeshan Ansari Gave him an animated farewell after getting him out.This incident came to light in the eighth over of the second innings. Kishan, who was looking in great touch early on, attacked the 26-year-old leg spinner and hit two sixes and two fours in the first four balls. However, the final decision was Ansari’s. He deceived the wicketkeeper-batsman with a full ball, leading to a mistimed shot which was caught safely at deep square leg.This was followed by an aggressive reaction from the bowler, who signaled Kishan to go back to the pavilion. However, the SRH captain decided to take it as a game and responded with a smile, reducing the tension.The moment comes as Kishan has been handed leadership responsibilities for the initial phase Indian Premier League 2026 season. The franchise named him interim captain Abhishek Sharma As his deputy, serving as regular captain pat cummins His recovery from a lower back stress injury continues.Cummins’ injury had already ruled him out of a significant portion of the recent Ashes in Australia and he was also sidelined during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Confirming the leadership change, SRH said that Cummins will miss a few matches, but did not clarify the exact duration of his absence.Kishan stepped into the role on the back of his stellar performance in the T20 World Cup, where he played a key role in India’s title-winning campaign. The left-handed batsman finished as the fourth-highest run-scorer with 317 runs in nine matches at an average of 193 and 35.22, which included three half-centuries.His performances have taken him to No. 2 in the ICC rankings for T20I batsmen, a chart currently topped by his SRH teammate Abhishek Sharma. Earlier in the domestic season, Kishan had led Jharkhand to their first title in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, underscoring his growing credentials as a leader.