Hyderabad. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 67th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Friday. Here today Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said after winning the toss that we will bat first. We are clear that we will enjoy the game. Batting first, the effort will be to make the biggest score possible. We would like to leave here (Hyderabad) with a good result. There is no change in the team.
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar said that wherever we go, the atmosphere is like our home ground. It doesn’t matter where we are in the points table, we want to play to the standard in every match. There is one change in our team, Bethel has suffered a finger injury which is why he is out. I have come back to the team in his place.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Ravichandran Smaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Ishan Malinga and Saqib Hussain. Royal Challengers Bangalore (XI): Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar (captain), Krunal Pandya, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma and Rasikh Salaam.
