Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of IPL due to injury. Instead, another Lankan spinner, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth , has been added to the team by Sunrisers Hyderabad. The team confirmed this information on their Facebook page on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old leg-spinner has played 33 T20 matches so far. Has taken 42 wickets at an average of 18.78, economy 6.76.

Played one international match so far. He played in the T20 match against Afghanistan in last year's Asian Games, bowling 4 overs and taking 1 wicket for 28 runs. Viyaskanth played for MI Emirates in the IL T20 in UAE. He played a role in winning the team by taking 2 wickets with 24 runs in the final. He took 8 wickets in 4 matches in this tournament. Besides, Biaskanth played for Chittagong Challengers in Bangladesh Premier League and Jaffna Kings in Lankan Premier League.