RCB vs SRH Live Score IPL 2026: Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen fight back for SRH after Jacob Duffy's storm

Captain Ishan Kishan fights back for Sunrisers Hyderabad by smashing Abhinandan Singh for three consecutive boundaries in the last over of the powerplay.

SRH - 49/3 in 6 overs.

What a debut for Jacob Duffy!!!

Duffy traps and removes Nitish Kumar Reddy to put RCB well ahead in the IPL 2026 opener. SRH are three down in the powerplay.

Nitish Reddy scored 1 off 6 balls. Heinrich Klaasen walks in next.

SRH - 29/3 in 4.3 overs.

What a sensational over from Jacob Duffy as the RCB pacer removes Travis Head on the last ball of the over to stun the SRH fans.

Two wickets in an over, and RCB are flying high.

Travis Head scored 11 off 9 balls. Nitish Kumar Reddy joins Ishan Kishan in the middle.

SRH - 23/2 in 3 overs.

Jacob Duffy's short delivery traps Abhishek Sharma. An easy catch for Jitesh Sharma behind.

Abhishek Sharma goes for 7 off 8 balls. A dream start for debutant Duffy and RCB. Captain Ishan Kishan walks in next.

SRH - 19/1 in 2.4 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a brilliant second over, troubling Abhishek Sharma and almost getting Travis Head's big wicket.

SRH - 18/0 in 2 overs.

After surviving a review, Abhishek Sharma hits Jacob Duffy for a huge six over the covers. But the Kiwi bowler leaks only 7 runs in the first over.

SRH - 7/0 in 1 over.

SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma are out in the middle to open an innings in the IPL 2026 opener.

Debutant Jacob Duffy has a new ball for RCB.

The game is on...

Before the kickoff, players and fans observe a minute silence to remember the cricket fans who lost their lives in the stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium last year.

Surprisingly, only three overseas players start for SRH, with new signing Liam Livingstone on the bench. Batter Salil Arora makes his IPL debut today.

SRH Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga.

Impact players: Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, David Payne, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain.

The 28-year-old right pacer Abhinandan Singh and Kiwi bowler Jacob Duffy are set for their IPL debuts today. No Devdutt Padikkal and Jacob Bethell for RCB today.

RCB Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma.

Impact players: Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer.

Captains Rajat Patidar and Ishan Kishan are walking out for the toss at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Ian Bishop announces the start of the IPL 2026 with match referee Javagal Srinath in the middle.

Rajat Patidar calls it right as RCB win the toss and choose to bowl first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 42 runs when both teams last faced each other in the IPL 2025.

Ishan Kishan smashed 94* off 48 balls to help SRH post a huge total of 231 for 6 while batting first at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli gave RCB a flying start with an 80-run stand for the opening wicket, but the team stumbled on 189. SRH Captain Pat Cummins picked up three match-winning wickets for 28.

Will RCB be able to avenge that loss, or will SRH repeat last season's result today?

The M Chinnaswamy Stadium is a bowler's worst nightmare and the pitch for this game is expected to be no different. A fresh hard deck with true bounce, short boundaries and the altitude of Bengaluru means even miscued shots have a habit of finding the stands.

Anything under 200 won't be considered safe here, and on an opening night surface, that number could be even higher. The real game-changer, though, will be the dew, which sets in heavily in late March and makes the ball almost impossible to grip as the evening goes on.

Spinners and death bowlers suffer the most, and chasing sides have a significant advantage as a result. Whoever wins the toss will bowl first without a second thought.

RCB vs SRH Head-to-Head Record in IPL

Matches played: 26

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 11

Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 13

No result: 2

Here's our SRH predicted playing XI vs RCB:

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (c & wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Brydon Carse, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivam Mavi.

Impact player: Aniket Verma.