Thanks to Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 69 runs in 38 balls and Devdutt Padikkal’s 61 runs in 26 balls, RCB defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad badly. Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 201 runs after playing first. In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved the target in just 15.4 overs. In this way RCB started IPL 2026 with a win. Ishan Kishan lost his first match as captain.

Royal Challengers Bangalore started the 19th season of the tournament by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets in the first match of IPL 2026. In the match, Hyderabad batted first and scored 201/9 runs on the board in 20 overs. In response, RCB won by scoring 203/4 runs in 15.4 overs. Virat Kohli played the biggest innings for the team and scored 69* runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes. During this, Devin Penn took maximum 2 wickets for Hyderabad.

head to head statistics

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.

Playing XI of Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy and Suyyash Sharma.

Playing XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat and Ishan Malinga.

Indian Premier League season 19 will start today with RCB vs SRH match. Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to make a positive start by winning this match to be held at their home (M Chinnaswamy Stadium). The team had won its first title in the last edition. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad won their only title in 2016, currently their captain Pat Cummins is out due to injury and till then the command has been handed over to Ishan Kishan. Know the A to Z details of this match to be held today.

Where will the RCB vs SRH match take place?

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

What time will the RCB vs SRH match start?

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match will start at 7:30 pm.

What time will the toss take place?

at 7 pm.

IPL record of M Chinnaswamy Stadium

So far 100 IPL matches have been played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the home ground of Royal Challengers Bangalore. 43 times the team batting first and 53 times the team which chased the target has won. The highest individual score on this ground is of Chris Gayle, which is also the biggest score in IPL history. Here Chris Gayle had scored unbeaten 175 runs against Pune Warriors.

The average score of the first innings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium is 166. The highest score of IPL here is 287, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against RCB.

M Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

Help for the batsmen is seen in M ​​Chinnaswamy Stadium, it is expected to be a similar pitch today also. Due to small boundaries, there is a challenge for the bowlers and help for the batsmen. The captain who wins the toss will prefer to bowl first, here the team chasing the target wins more often. It will not be safe to score 200 runs here while batting first, but it can be a good total.

RCB’s probable playing 11

Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Jacob Duffy, Mangesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

SRH’s probable playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Brayden Carse.

Live telecast and live streaming details of RCB vs SRH match

IPL matches will be telecast live on Star Sports channels. Live streaming of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match will be on JioHotstar app and website.

The wait for Indian Premier League 2026 is finally going to end. The first match of the tournament will be played on March 28, in which defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and the fans are expecting an exciting start.

RCB will enter with strong batting

RCB will enter the field with the intention of defending its title this season. In the presence of Virat Kohli, the team’s batting looks very strong, which will be led by star batsman Rajat Patidar. The team will also get the advantage of playing on the home ground, where tremendous support from the fans can be seen.

SRH will come with a new strategy

This time Sunrisers Hyderabad will enter the field with new changes. The captaincy of the team is in the hands of Ishan Kishan this season, because regular captain Pat Cummins is not available. Last season was not special for the team, so this time better performance is expected from Hyderabad.

When and where to watch the match live?

The first match of IPL 2026 will be played on Saturday, March 28. The match will start at 7:30 pm. This match will be broadcast live on TV on Star Sports Network. Whereas on mobile and online platforms, fans can watch live streaming through Jio Hotstar app and website.

RCB’s entire team

Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Tim David, Jacob Bethel, Romario Shepherd, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Rashikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jordan Cox, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Swapnil Singh, Jacob Duffy, Kanishk Chauhan, Abhinandan Singh, Mangesh Yadav, Phil Salt, Satwik Deswal, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra.

SRH entire team

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

RCB captain jitesh sharma: In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore is not captained by Rajat Patidar but Jitesh Sharma. The match is being played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow and when the time of the toss came, the wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma came out from RCB. Actually RCB’s regular captains are struggling with hand injury, so they have not come to fielding in the match against SRH.

Silver Patidar will play Rajat Patidar, not a captain

RCB regular captain Rajat Patidar suffered a finger injury in the match against Chennai Super Kings. The Patidars have not fully recovered from that injury, so they are not fielding in the match with SRH. Jitesh Sharma, who is captaining the team in the match, told during the toss that Patidar will come to bat as an impact player.

There has been no information on this subject whether the captain of RCB has changed for only one match or the silver Patidar will play as an impact player in the next matches as well. If the IPL 2025 tournament had not been suspended for a week due to Indo-Pak tension, the silver Patidar was going to miss the match against Lucknow Super Giants on 13 May and the weight of captaincy was to come on Jitesh Sharma’s shoulders in place.

The IPL 2025 figures are enough to prove that silver Patidar has been a good captain for RCB. Before the match against SRH, Bangalore has registered 8 wins in 12 matches under the captaincy of Patidar and his team has already qualified for the playoffs. Now RCB is fighting to stay in Top-2.

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