IPL 2026: Will Shreyas Iyer play in CSK vs PBKS match?

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is expected to play against Chennai Super Kings in the seventh match of the IPL 2026 at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

PBKS assistant coach Brad Haddin confirmed that Iyer doesn’t have a fracture in his hand but there’s a bit of swelling.

“No break. So that’s a good thing. Now it’s just about getting the swelling down and getting the movement back in the hand so he should be right for tomorrow,” Haddin said at the pre-match presser on Thursday.

Iyer hurt himself during PBKS’ first match against Gujarat Titans when Cooper Connolly hit the ball straight to the non-strikers’ end. The skipper tried to save himself and, in the process, got hit on the right hand.

“So, we’re very lucky, he was well hit by Cooper, it was a drop catch though from the captain that was put down as a stat but all in all the injuries we got the best possible result we could out of what we thought at the start looked a nasty incident,” he added.

Published on Apr 02, 2026