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RCB Players Black Armbands Against SRH: The first match of IPL 2026 between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrajers Hyderabad (SRH) will be played on Saturday, March 28. In this match, RCB players will come on the field with a black ‘bandage’ on their hands. So let us know why Bengaluru players will play the match against Hyderabad with black stripes.
So let us tell you that the RCB team will wear black bands on their hands to pay tribute to those 11 fans who lost their lives in the stampede outside the stadium during the victory parade after the team won the title last season.
franchise statement
RCB said in a statement, “Royal Challengers Bangalore will pay tribute to the 11 members of the RCB family who tragically lost their lives in an unfortunate incident.
Number 11 jersey in practice
The statement further said, “As a mark of respect, the players will wear the practice jersey with number 11 during the warm-up and will wear a black armband during the match.
11 seats will remain vacant in the stadium
It was told in the statement that 11 seats in the stadium will be kept vacant out of respect for the fans. In this way, the fans will be honored in different ways by the franchise.
RCB will play 5 matches at Chinnaswamy Stadium
It is noteworthy that RCB will play 5 home matches at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The remaining 2 home matches of the team will be played in Raipur. While releasing the schedule of the first phase of IPL, it was announced how many home matches Bengaluru will play where.
However, it was also mentioned in the release that whether IPL matches will be held in Bengaluru or not will be decided by an expert committee constituted by the Karnataka government. After checking everything in the stadium, the decision came in favor of RCB.
RCB squad for IPL 2026
Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salaam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethel, Jordan Cox, Swapnil Singh, Kanishk Chauhan, Satvik Deswal.
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