Day 3 - Surrey lead by 96 runs.

454/6

Sussex

358/9d

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Day 3 - Hampshire trail by 327 runs.

Hampshire

209/9

Glamorgan

536/7d

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Day 3 - Yorkshire lead by 102 runs.

Somerset

274/10

Yorkshire

162/10 & 214/5

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Day 3 - Leicestershire trail by 170 runs.

Leicestershire

308/10 & 12/0

Nottinghamshire

490/10

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Lunch Break : Day 3 - Kent lead by 180 runs.

Kent

352/10 & 132/6

Derbyshire

304/10

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Day 3 - Northamptonshire lead by 291 runs.

Northamptonshire

597/7

Worcestershire

306/10

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Day 3 - Durham trail by 118 runs.

430/10

312/3

UAE won by 54 runs

308/8

254/10

BR won by 4 runs

166/7

162/6

GER won by 5 wickets

216/5

213/9

GUE won by 40 runs

198/6

158/4

BAR won by 4 wickets

146/8

147/6

KKR won by 7 wickets

165/10

Kolkata Knight Riders

169/3

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Guernsey elected to bat

27/0

May 3, 2026 7:00 pm

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

35/3

May 3, 2026 8:30 pm

May 4, 2026 7:30 am

May 4, 2026 10:00 am

May 4, 2026 10:00 am

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IPL 2026, Match 1: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XIs

by Dwijesh March 26, 2026

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match of IPL 2026 on March 28th at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, starting at 7:30 PM. Rajat Patidar will lead RCB, while Ishan Kishan will captain SRH in this opening match.

There are fantastic players across the two squads and you can expect great performances from players such as Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. It will be interesting to see what their final predicted playing XI looks like prior to events both sides play at this significant event.

Match Details

Match	Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date	Saturday, 28 March 2026
Time	7:30 PM IST
Match No.	1st T20
Tournament	IPL 2026
Venue	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Broadcast	Star Sports Network
Streaming	JioHotstar

RCB vs SRH – Full Squad

RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)	Role	SRH (Sunrisers Hyderabad)	Role
Philip Salt (WK)	Batter	Heinrich Klaasen (WK)	Batter
Virat Kohli	Batter	Ishan Kishan (C)	Batter
Rajat Patidar (C)	Batter	Travis Head	Batter
Jitesh Sharma	Batter	Abhishek Sharma	All Rounder
Tim David	Batter	Aniket Verma	Batter
Devdutt Padikkal	Batter	Smaran Ravichandran	Batter
Jordan Cox	Batter	Salil Arora	Batter
Romario Shepherd	All Rounder	Nitish Kumar Reddy	All Rounder
Krunal Pandya	All Rounder	Kamindu Mendis	All Rounder
Venkatesh Iyer	All Rounder	Brydon Carse	All Rounder
Jacob Bethell	All Rounder	Liam Livingstone	All Rounder
Swapnil Singh	All Rounder	Zeeshan Ansari	All Rounder
Mangesh Yadav	All Rounder	Shivang Kumar	All Rounder
Kanishk Chouhan	All Rounder	Amit Kumar	All Rounder
Vihaan Malhotra	All Rounder	Pat Cummins	Bowler
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Bowler	Harshal Patel	Bowler
Josh Hazlewood	Bowler	Jaydev Unadkat	Bowler
Suyash Sharma	Bowler	Eshan Malinga	Bowler
Nuwan Thushara	Bowler	Harsh Dubey	All Rounder
Rasikh Salam	Bowler	Onkar Tarmale	Bowler
Abhinandan Singh	Bowler	Praful Hinge	Bowler
Jacob Duffy	Bowler	Shivam Mavi	Bowler
Satvik Deswal	Batter	Sakib Hussain	Bowler
Vicky Ostwal	Bowler	David Payne	Bowler

RCB vs SRH – Predicted Playing 11

RCB Player	Role	SRH Player	Role
Philip Salt	WK-Batter	Abhishek Sharma	All-rounder
Virat Kohli	Batter	Travis Head	Batter
Rajat Patidar	Batter	Heinrich Klaasen	WK-Batter
Jitesh Sharma	Batter	Ishan Kishan	Batter
Romario Shepherd	All-rounder	Aniket Verma	Batter
Krunal Pandya	All-rounder	Nitish Kumar Reddy	All-rounder
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Bowler	Eshan Malinga	Bowler
Jacob Duffy	Bowler	Harshal Patel	Bowler
Suyash Sharma	Bowler	Jaydev Unadkat	Bowler
Tim David	Batter	Harsh Dubey	All-rounder
Devdutt Padikkal	Batter	Liam Livingstone	All-rounder

Impact Players

If Batting First
- RCB: Venkatesh Iyer
- SRH: Shivam Mavi
If Bowling First
- RCB: Suyash Sharma
- SRH: Shivam Mavi

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FAQs

Q. When is the RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 match?

The match will be played on March 28, 2026, at 7:30 PM IST.

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