The much-anticipated T20 franchise league, the Indian Premier League (IPL) returns with its 19th edition, which will be played across the next two months. The league is set to commence from Saturday, March 28 and will go on till the end of May.. As the tournament kickstarts, the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will host Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the curtain-raiser on March 28 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Like every year, the defending champions open the tournament and the opening match between RCB and SRH will be only the second instance of these two teams facing each other in the season opener. Previously in 2017, when SRH were the defending champions, they hosted RCB, who finished as the runners-up. Speaking individually, while it will be SRH’s second appearance in an IPL opener, for RCB it will be their seventh.
With the tournament just a sleep away, here in this article, we have compiled all relevant details around the upcoming season opener of IPL 2026.
Tomorrow’s IPL 2026 match: RCB vs SRH match details
- Match 1: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Date: March 28, 2026 (Saturday)
- Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Toss time: 7:00 pm (IST)
- Match time: 7:30 pm (IST)
IPL 2026 RCB vs SRH Head-to-Head Stats
| Matches Played | RCB won | SRH won | No Result | Tied |
| 26 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
IPL 2026: RCB vs SRH Squad Details
RCB: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Jordan Cox, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Venkatesh Iyer, Satvik Deswal, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chouhan, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Yash Dayal (withdrawn).
SRH: Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Salil Arora, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Harsh Dubey, Brydon Carse, Shivang Kumar, Krains Fuletra, Liam Livingstone, David Payne, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Shivam Mavi.
