The IPL 2026 kicked off on Saturday with RCB facing off against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The season opener sees a host of new faces take the field, with Abhinandan Singh, Salil Arora and Jacob Duffy to make their debuts. RCB earlier won the toss and opted to field first in the opening game.

The IPL 2026 kicked off on Saturday with RCB facing off against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The season opener sees a host of new faces take the field, with Abhinandan Singh, Salil Arora and Jacob Duffy to make their debuts. RCB earlier won the toss and opted to field first in the opening game.

RCB vs SRH Playing XIs

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

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klassen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Eshan Malinga, Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Jaydev Unadkat