Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Match Scorecard, 1st Match, IPL 2026

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was treated to a high-scoring humdinger in the opening match of Indian Premier League 2026 as Sunrisers Hyderabad clashed with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Punishing hundreds in the middle-order gave SRH a good score to defend, but RCB achieved that with authority in an explosive chase. RCB’s run chase revolved around a solid opening partnership coupled with aggressive stroke play that ensured the team crossed the 200-run target comfortably in less than 16 overs. Resulting in a run fest, blistering scoring rates, and sizable spell of bowling for either team — the challenge was set for the remainder of this IPL season.

SRH vs RCB 1st Match, Cricket Scorecard

Match : Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match Date: March 28, 2026
Result: RCB won by 6 wickets

1st Inning – Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Batting

SRH Batting Scorecard

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

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Bowling

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

2nd Inning – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Batting

RCB Batting Scorecard

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Bowling

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