Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Time : 07:30 pm (IST)

IPL Match-1 : Duffy's 3 for 22 followed by Virat and Padikkals' quick fifties powered Bengaluru to upset Sunrisers by 6 wickets in high scoring match

1st Match of IPLT20 2026 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad will be played on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru at 7:00 pm.

Putting into bat first by Bengaluru, Hyderabad lost lost three wickets scoring just 29 runs in 4.2 overs. Ishan Kishan took the charge in hand and played quick and confident inning of 38 balls 80 runs with 8 fours and 5 massive sixes. Aniket Verma also played wonderful cameo with 18 balls 43 runs and helps SRH to set huge target of 202 runs for RCB to get. Jacob Duffy bowled very well and took 3 wickets of just 22 runs in his 4 overs. R Shepherd took 3 wickets of 54 runs.

Following huge target of 202 runs, Bengaluru with Virat Kohli's superb 38 balls unbeaten 69 runs, Devdutt Padikkal's 26 balls quick 61 runs and Rajat Patidar's firing 12 balls 31 runs made chase in 15.4 overs and won the match comprehensively by 6 wickets with 26 balls remaining. David Payne with 2 wickets was top bowler for SRH. Jacob Duffy declared man of the match for his 3 wickets of 22 runs.

Head to Head
Played : 27
RCB Won	SRH won
12	13
No Result : 2

IPL RCB vs SRH live score 2026 Toss : RCB won and field first Result : RCB won by 6 wickets Man of The Match : TBD Match Points - RCB 2, SRH 0   Hyderabad 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Travis Head c Salt b Duffy 11 9 2 0 122.22   Abhishek Sharma c Sharma b Duffy 7 8 0 1 87.50   Ishan Kishan (c) (w) c Salt b Abhinandan Singh 80 38 8 5 210.52   Nitish Kumar Reddy c Abhinandan Singh b Duffy 1 6 0 0 16.66   Heinrich Klaasen c Salt b Shepherd` 31 22 2 1 140.90   Salil Arora c Padikkal b Suyash Sharma 9 6 0 1 150.00   Aniket Verma c Kohli b Shepherd 43 18 3 4 238.88   Harsh Dubey c Padikkal b Shepherd 3 3 0 0 100.00   Harshal Patel c Padikkal b Kumar 0 2 0 0 0.00   David Payne not out 6 5 0 0 120.00   Jaydev Unadkat not out 4 3 0 0 133.33                   Extras (lb 2, w 4) 6           Total (20.0 overs) 201/9 RR: 10.05   Bengaluru       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Jacob Duffy 4 0 22 3 0 1 5.50   Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 31 1 0 2 7.75   Abhinandan Singh 3 0 38 1 0 0 12.66   Romario Shepherd 4 0 54 3 0 1 13.50   Suyash Sharma 3 0 28 1 0 0 9.33   Krunal Pandya 2 0 26 0 0 0 13.00   Bengaluru 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Phil Salt c Klaasen b Unadkat 8 7 2 0 114.28   Virat Kohli not out 69 38 5 5 181.57   Devdutt Padikkal c Klaasen b Dubey 61 26 7 4 234.61   Rajat Patidar (c) c Dubey b Payne 31 12 2 3 258.61   Jitesh Sharma (w) c Unadkat b Payne 0 1 0 0 0.00   Tim David not out 16 10 1 1 160.00   Romario Shepherd               Krunal Pandya               Bhuvneshwar Kumar               Abhinandan Singh               Suyash Sharma                               Extras (b 8, lb 3, w 7) 18           Total (15.4 overs) 203/4 RR: 12.95   Hyderabad       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 0 19 0 0 0 9.50   Jaydev Unadkat 3 0 29 1 0 1 9.66   David Payne 3 0 35 2 0 1 11.66   Harsh Dubey 3 0 35 1 0 0 11.66   Eshan Malinga 2 0 35 0 0 4 17.50   Harshal Patel 2.4 0 39 0 0 1 14.62 IPL Points Table 2026