IPL 2026, RCB vs SRH: Defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore is going to play Sunrisers Hyderabad first at its home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium. This match is expected to be very exciting because both the teams have more than one batsman. Well, let us tell you that Hyderabad is going to have the upper hand in this match because the Bengaluru team is going to be without its premium fast bowler Josh Hazlewood. Last time, something similar was seen in IPL 2025 and in that match, RCB had to face defeat by 42 runs.
Will Bengaluru be able to take revenge from Hyderabad?
There was only one match between Hyderabad and Bengaluru last season in which Ishan Kishan wreaked havoc. This left-handed batsman had played an innings of 94 runs with the help of 5 sixes. Abhishek Sharma had scored 34 runs in 17 balls and Hyderabad had scored 231 runs in 20 overs. In reply, RCB team could score only 189 runs and Hyderabad won the match by a huge margin of 42 runs. Will RCB be able to avenge this defeat this time?
Hyderabad team is heavy on Bengaluru
Even in statistics, Hyderabad team is superior to Bengaluru. 25 matches have been played between these two teams. In which Hyderabad has won 14 matches. Whereas Bengaluru has won only 11 matches.
RCB vs SRH match statistics
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in the RCB vs SRH matches. This player has scored 805 runs in 24 matches. The biggest innings in the match between these two teams has been played by Jonny Bairstow, who scored 114 runs in 56 balls while playing for SRH. In the match between these two, David Warner has hit the maximum number of 33 sixes. Bengaluru’s team has also fallen for just 68 runs against Hyderabad, which is the lowest score.