Here is is the timeline of key moments & scorecard from the opening match of the Indian Premier League between Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on March 28, 2026.
Defending champions RCB start their campaign with a bang by comprehensively beating SRH by 6 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Cricket team Timeline
Royal Challengers Bengaluru win the toss and elect to bowl first.
Jacob Duffy pegs Sunrisers back with wickets of Abhishek Sharma ,Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy in quick succession.
Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen steady the ship and add 97, before the latter falls to a fine catch by Salt at the boundary for 31.
Kishan scores a blistering 38 ball -80.
Blitz from Aniket Verma towards the end, takes Sunrisers Hyderabad to 201/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
Jaydev Unadkat gets Philip Salt early.
Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal are solid and add 101, before the latter departs for a quickfire 61 (26)
Kohli along with Rajat Patidar add 53, before David Payne gets Patidar and Jitesh Sharma in quick succession.
Kohli’s unbeaten 38 ball- 69 takes his side past the finishing line.
RCB win by 6 wickets and 26 balls to spare.
Player of the match- Jacob Duffy
