• Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad


• Whose Pardee is heavy in IPL?


• Read the statistics of both teams

RCB vs SRH IPL 2026: The wait of the cricket fans is over and the world’s biggest cricket league ie IPL 2026 (IPL 2026) Starting from Saturday. The defending champions in the first match of the opening Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) There will be color between them. The match will be played at Bengaluru’s home ground i.e. Chinnaswamy Stadium, and both the teams are gearing up to start with a win.

Who is good at statistics?

On examination, the Parde of Hyderabad appears to be heavy. So far a total of 25 IPL matches have been played between these two teams. Out of these, Bengaluru have won 11 matches, while Hyderabad have won two more matches to register a total of 13 wins. One match was a draw. Bangalore’s highest score against Hyderabad is 262 runs, while Hyderabad’s highest score against the defending champions is 287 runs. In terms of minimum scores, Bangalore’s lowest score is 68 runs, while Hyderabad’s lowest score is 125 runs.

Double blow for RCB; Major bowlers out of the team

It will be a challenging start to the season for defending champions RCB. Two of the key bowlers who played an important role in winning the title last season will not be available in this match. Hazlewood is currently rehabilitating in Australia due to the injury and will miss the opening few matches. Yash Dayal has been ruled out of the entire season due to serious legal charges. RCB will now rely on experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya, Suyyash Sharma and young pacer Mangesh Yadav.

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In Cummins’ absence, Ishan Kishan takes the lead

On the other hand, the team of Sunrisers Hyderabad is also witnessing major changes. With skipper Pat Cummins unavailable in the early stages, wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan has been handed over as the caretaker captain. Hyderabad’s bowling line-up looks a little weak on paper, and Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat and Harsh Dubey will have a big challenge to contain the batsmen on Chinnaswamy’s flat pitch.

Strong batting from both teams

Both the teams will depend on their aggressive batting to make up for the bowling deficiencies.

• RCB’s players: RCB’s batting is deep thanks to Virat Kohli, Tim David, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethel, skipper Rajat Patidar and Romario Shepherd.


• Strengths of SRH: Hyderabad have ‘hard hitters’ like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen, who can change the outcome of the match at any moment.

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