[
PRINT
]IPL 2026, Match 1: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XIs
by Dwijesh
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
