Royal Challengers Bengaluru T20 cricket is here. The reigning IPL Trophy winners are going toe-to-toe with the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the opening match of the 2026 IPL season.
There are many questions that will need to be answered this season. Can the RCB win back-to-back titles? Can MS Dhoni have a significant impact on the Chennai Super Kings? Will Vaibhav Suryavanski avoid the sophomore slump at just 15 years old? The answers to these questions and more will come during the tournament for this exciting sport.
Here is the RCB vs SRH scorecard, filled with live score updates, complete batting & bowling stats for both teams, and other useful information.
FINAL SCORE: RCB vs SRH
*RCB won the coin toss and will bowl first.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 203/4 in 15.4 overs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 201/9 in 20 overs
RCB vs SRH: Full Scorecard For 1st 2026 IPL Match
Here are all of the bowling and batting stats for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Batting Stats
Here are the batting stats for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the opening IPL 2026 match.
| Name | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Abhishek Sharma | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Head | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Ishan Kishan | 80 | 38 | 8 | 5 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Heinrich Klassen | 31 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Aniket Verma | 43 | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| Salil Arora | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Harsh Dubey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harshal Patel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Payne | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eshan Malinga | – | – | – | – |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bowling Stats
Here are the bowling stats for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening IPL match.
Jacob Duffy put together a tremendous maiden IPL bowling performance. In four overs, he collected three wickets and 13 dot balls, while only surrendering 22 runs.
| Name | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Jacob Duffy | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Abhinandan Singh | 3 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Romario Shepherd | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3 |
| Suyash Sharma | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Krunal Pandya | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting Stats
Here are the batting stats for the reigning IPL champions.
| Name | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Virat Kohli | 69 | 38 | 5 | 5 |
| Phil Salt | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Rajat Patidar | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| Jitesh Sharma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim David | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Romario Shepherd | – | – | – | – |
| Krunal Pandya | – | – | – | – |
| B. Kumar | – | – | – | – |
| A. Kumar | – | – | – | – |
| Jacob Duffy | – | – | – | – |
| Suyash Sharma | – | – | – | – |
Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling Stats
| Name | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| N. Reddy | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| J. Unadkat | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| David Payne | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| Harsh Dubey | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Eshan Malinga | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Harshal Patel | 2.4 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
Here are the bowling stats for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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