IPL 2026 RCB vs SRH 1st Match Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore started the 19th season of the tournament by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets in the first match of IPL 2026. In the match, Hyderabad batted first and scored 201/9 runs on the board in 20 overs. In response, RCB won by scoring 203/4 runs in just 15.4 overs. Virat Kohli played the biggest innings for the team and scored 69* runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes. During this, Devin Penn took maximum 2 wickets for Hyderabad.
RCB had a bad start, Kohli-Padikkal shined
RCB, which came on the field for the run chase, had a bad start. The team lost the first wicket in the form of Phil Salt in the second over on the score of just 09 runs. Salt scored 8 runs in 7 balls with the help of 2 fours.
After this, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal made the total of more than 200 runs easy by making a partnership of 101 runs (45 balls) for the second wicket. During this, Padikkal scored 61 runs in 26 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes.
Bengaluru got the second blow in the form of Padikkal at 110 runs in the 9th over. After this, Kohli along with captain Rajat Patidar maintained the momentum by making a partnership of 53 runs (22 balls). The team lost the third wicket in the form of captain Rajat Patidar for 163 runs in the 13th over. Patidar scored 31 runs in 12 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. On the next ball, the team got the fourth blow in the form of Jitesh Sharma, who became the victim of a golden duck.
RCB’s innings slowed down a bit after Patidar and Jitesh fell for two consecutive wickets. However, this is the thing to note. Bengaluru had scored 164/4 runs in 13 overs. The current run rate of the team was 12.61. The required run rate is only 5.42. The team needed only 38 runs in 42 balls.
Chasing this reduced target, Kohli and Tim David easily made the team cross the victory line by making a partnership of 40 (19 balls) for the fourth wicket.
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