By Admin 
Season 19 of IPL will start with the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 28. This match is to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the ban on which has been lifted some time ago. There will be a shadow of rain in this match, there is a rain alert in the city.
There was a ban in M ​​Chinnaswamy Stadium till some time before the start of IPL 2026. After the lifting of this ban, RCB was allowed to play its home matches at this venue. BCCI has announced the full schedule. In this edition, 5 matches have been scheduled in Bengaluru, the first match is also the opening match of the edition.
How will the weather be in Bengaluru on Saturday?
There is a possibility of rain in the first match of IPL 2026 to be held on Saturday. It may rain in Bengaluru even in the afternoon on Saturday. However, the chances of rain during the evening match are 5 percent, which is not a matter of much concern. It is possible that the match may be stopped midway due to rain, but can the match be cancelled? The possibility of this is very less.
In the last edition, 5 matches were played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, out of which RCB won 2 and lost 3. The highest number of IPL runs at this venue is in the name of Virat Kohli, who has scored 3618 runs in 106 innings.
Where to telecast live RCB vs SRH match?
There will be no opening ceremony at M Chinnaswamy Stadium before IPL 2026. The match will start at 7:30 pm, toss will take place at 7 pm. The live telecast of RCB vs SRH match will be on Star Sports Network channel. There will be live streaming of the match on JioHotstar app and website.
rcb squad
Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Tim David, Philip Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Devdutt Padikkal, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jacob Bethel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Duffy, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chauhan, Abhinandan Singh, Mangesh, Yadav, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Satvik Deswal.
SRH squad
Ishan Kishan (captain), Travis Head, Smaran Ravichandran, Abhishek Sharma, Harsh Dubey, Heinrich Klaasen, Kamindu Mendis, Ishan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat, Salil Arora, Prafulla Hinge, Pat Cummins, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Mavi, Jack Edwards, Braydon Carse, Amit Kumar, Cranes Fultra, Saqib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harshal Patel.