Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 Match No 1 LIVE Streaming Details: Timings, Telecast Date, when and where to watch RCB vs SRH in India online and on TV channel RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 Match No 1 LIVE: Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will begin their campaign in the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League with a clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M.
Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Published: March 28, 2026 7:30 AM IST Virat Kohli’s RCB will take on SRH in match No.
1 of IPL 2026 in Bengaluru on Saturday.
(Photo: PTI) RCB vs SRH IPL 2026 LIVE: For the first time after 18 seasons, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be heading into an Indian Premier League campaign as the defending champions.
They begin the defence of their title against Kavya Maran’s Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have won the title twice – once as Deccan Chargers back in 2009 season.
RCB will finally return to their home ground of M.
Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru to get the IPL 2026 underway against SRH on Saturday.
It will be the first time that top-grade cricket returns to the M.
Chinnaswamy Stadium after the tragedy which unfolded in June last year when 11 people died after RCB’s felicitation function.
But all eyes will once again be on former India captain Virat Kohli who is looking hungrier than ever before in international cricket in the lead up to this year’s IPL.
The T20 league is crucial for Kohli if he aspires to stay in the mix for the Team India selection for the ODI World Cup 2027 in South Africa next year.
“I’ve been watching really closely (Kohli batting at nets), he looks on top of his game, he looks super fit.
I was watching him do shuttles the other day, he looks light on his feet, very fit, very lean, very hungry,” said RCB head coach Andy Flower in the pre-match press conference in Bengaluru on Friday.
“He’s always been very hungry and determined and I think that mental and emotional space that he’s in, where he’s very comfortable with himself as a person, but he’s also very hungry to drive himself as a professional sportsperson,” Flower added.
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