RCB vs SRH: Predicted XIs for IPL 2026 Opening Match

RCB Opt to Bowl, Hand Debuts to Abhinandan Singh & Jacob Duffy in IPL 2026 Opener

IPL 2026 kicks off with a blockbuster clash as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. The high-voltage opener will begin at 7:30 PM IST at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

RCB vs SRH Head-to-Head in T20Is

Total Matches: 26

RCB: 11

SRH: 14

No-Result: 01

RCB vs SRH Possible XIs

RCB: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Bethell, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy

SRH: Ishan Kishan (C & wk), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Nitish Reddy, Salil Arora, Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga

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