RCB vs SRH Toss Report & Playing 11, IPL 2026: Bengaluru to Bowl First, Lineups Announced

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad lock horns against each other as the IPL 2026 commences today (Saturday, March 28) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

After the triumphant IPL 2025 campaign, the Bengaluru side will be hoping to replicate the same and start on a positive note. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad would like a winning start with their star-studded lineup and destructive batting unit.

RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 Schedule

Date: Saturday, March 28
Time: 7:30 PM IST, Toss at 7 PM IST
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Captains: Rajat Patidar (RCB), Ishan Kishan (SRH)

RCB and SRH IPL 2026 Toss Report

RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the Toss and decided to Bowl first.

"We'll bowl first. There are a lot of good players in the side, everyone is fit and looking forward to this game. Thank you for the support for years, we'll try our best to put a second star on the jersey," Patidar said.

RCB vs SRH Playing 11, IPL 2026 Match 1

RCB: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma

Impact Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga

Impact Players: Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, David Payne, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain

RCB and SRH IPL 2026 Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Duffy, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Swapnil Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Harsh Dubey, Eshan Malinga, Shivam Mavi, Smaran Ravichandran, Zeeshan Ansari, Salil Arora, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, David Payne, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Krains Fuletra, Amit Kumar.