In the first match of IPL 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), scored 201/9 runs on the board in 20 overs. The team made this total when 3 wickets had fallen at the score of only 29 runs. Captain Ishan Kishan played the biggest innings and scored 80 runs in 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes. Aniket Verma, who came at number seven, gave the finishing touch and scored 43 runs in 18 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. During this period, Jacob Duffy and Romaria Shepherd took maximum 3-3 wickets for RCB.
Let us tell you that in the match, Bengaluru won the toss and decided to bowl. By the second ball of the 5th over, Bengaluru had lost 3 wickets for just 29 runs. Even Bengaluru’s decision to bowl first seemed quite right, but then for the fourth wicket, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen showed the way to the team to reach a good total by making a partnership of 97 runs (53 balls). During this, Klaasen scored 31 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six.
opening pair flop
Last season, a lot of Hyderabad depended on the opening pair. If Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, who came in the opening, had scored runs, the team would have reached a good and big total. But in the first match of the 2026 season, the team’s opening batsman looked a complete flop. Despite this the team made a good total. Abhishek Sharma, who came to open, scored 11 runs and Travis Head scored only 07 runs.
Performance of remaining batsmen
Apart from Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma and Heinrich Klaasen, the rest of the batsmen of the team could not contribute much. Out of the total 11 batsmen who came on the field for the team, 7 could not even cross the double figures.
rcb bowling
It is noteworthy that Duffy and Shepherd took maximum 3-3 wickets for RCB. Apart from this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyyash Sharma and Abhinandan Singh took 1 wicket each.
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