Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru) The 2026 Indian Premier League season kicked off on Thursday with an exciting contest between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The defending champions RCB started their season with a thumping success — they chased down an imposing target of 202 runs in just 15.4 overs. The chase was with Rahul Tewatia and his explosive knocks as Virat Kohli & Devdutt Padikkal played then while for SRH, Ishan Kishan starred for the day scoring a brilliant half-century. A thrilling high-scoring encounter that had fans glued to their seats, the match was true to what IPL 2026 had promised.
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Bengaluru
Toss: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field
Result: RCB won by 6 wickets with 26 balls remaining
Player of the Match: Jacob Duffy (RCB) — 3/22
1st Inning- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Batting Batting R B M 4s 6s SR Travis Head c Salt b Duffy 11 9 17 2 0 122.22 Abhishek Sharma c †Sharma b Duffy 7 8 12 0 1 87.5 Ishan Kishan (c)† c Salt b Abhinandan Singh 80 38 73 8 5 210.52 Nitish Kumar Reddy c Abhinandan Singh b Duffy 1 6 6 0 0 16.66 Heinrich Klaasen c Salt b Shepherd 31 22 42 2 1 140.9 Salil Arora c Padikkal b Suyash Sharma 9 6 6 0 1 150 Aniket Verma c Kohli b Shepherd 43 18 29 3 4 238.88 Harsh Dubey c Padikkal b Shepherd 3 3 5 0 0 100 Harshal Patel c Padikkal b Kumar 0 2 4 0 0 0 David Payne not out 6 5 11 0 0 120 Jaydev Unadkat not out 4 3 4 0 0 133.33
Extras (lb 2, w 4) 6 Total 20 Ov (RR: 10.05) 201/9
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s WD NB Jacob Duffy 4 0 22 3 5.5 13 1 0 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 31 1 7.75 9 2 0 Abhinandan Singh 3 0 38 1 12.66 7 0 0 Romario Shepherd 4 0 54 3 13.5 5 1 0 Suyash Sharma 3 0 28 1 9.33 6 0 0 Krunal Pandya 2 0 26 0 13 1 0 0
Batting R B M 4s 6s SR Phil Salt c Klaasen b Unadkat 8 7 6 2 0 114.28 Virat Kohli not out 69 38 84 5 5 181.57 Devdutt Padikkal c Klaasen b Dubey 61 26 36 7 4 234.61 Rajat Patidar (c) c Dubey b Payne 31 12 19 2 3 258.33 Jitesh Sharma † c Unadkat b Payne 0 1 1 0 0 0 Tim David not out 16 10 18 1 1 160
Extras (b 8, lb 3, w 7) 18 Total 15.4 Ov (RR: 12.95) 203/4
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s WD NB Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 0 19 0 9.5 5 0 0 Jaydev Unadkat 3 0 29 1 9.66 6 1 0 David Payne 3 0 35 2 11.66 5 1 0 Harsh Dubey 3 0 35 1 11.66 4 0 0 Eshan Malinga 2 0 35 0 17.5 3 4 0 Harshal Patel 2.4 0 39 0 14.62 3 1 0
Match Details
Ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Toss Royal Challengers Bengaluru, elected to field first Series Indian Premier League Season 2026 Player Of The Match Jacob Duffy Hours of play (local time) 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45 Match days 28 March 2026 – night (20-over match) SRH Player Replacement Impact player: David Payne in, Travis Head out (1st innings, 17.5 ov) RCB Player Replacement Impact player: Devdutt Padikkal in, Jacob Duffy out (1st innings, 6.6 ov) T20 debut Abhinandan Singh Umpires Jayaraman Madanagopal DRS Ulhas Gandhe DRS TV Umpire Rohan Pandit Reserve Umpire Abhijeet Bengeri Match Referee Javagal Srinath Points Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0
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