IPL 2026 will start today i.e. on Saturday, March 28 with the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. There will obviously be pressure on Hyderabad in the match, because they will face defending champion RCB. So let us know which team can win in this match.

Hyderabad will enter with a new captain

In the absence of regular captain Pat Cummins, Hyderabad team will take the field with a new captain. In the absence of Cummins, Ishan Kishan has been made the captain. The challenge of RCB as captain will not be easy for Ishaan. On the other hand, RCB will be seen on the field with regular captaincy Rajat Patidar.

RCB vs SRH Head to Head

So far 25 matches have been played between RCB and Hyderabad. In these matches, Hyderabad has taken the lead and won 13. Whereas RCB has won 11 matches. One match between the two remained inconclusive. Hyderabad seems to have the upper hand in head to head. However, now it will be interesting to see which team wins in today’s match.

What time will the match start?

According to Indian time, the match between RCB and Hyderabad will start at 7:30 pm. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 7 o’clock.

RCB squad for the tournament

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.

Hyderabad squad for the tournament

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/captain), Liam Livingstone, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Harsh Dubey, Ishan Malinga, Shivam Mavi, Smaran Ravichandran, Zeeshan Ansari, Salil Arora, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, David Payne, Prafulla Hinge, Saqib Hussain, Cranes Phuletra, Amit Kumar, Omkar Tarmale, Shivang Kumar.

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