IPL 2026, RCB vs SRH LIVE Cricket Score Online: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets
RCB vs SRH Live Score, IPL 2026 Live Cricket Score Updates: Virat Kohli’s 69 helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru thrash Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets. Earlier, Ishan Kishan’s 80 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad to put on 201/9 after Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opted to bowl first.
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So far, only Chennai Super Kings (2010, 2011) and Mumbai Indians (2019, 2020) have managed to win back-to-back IPL titles in 18 seasons of the league. Can RCB join that list this season by going all the way again? Old hand AB de Villiers certainly believes so. If RCB have to win a title again, they will need their talisman Virat Kohli to go off again as he did in IPL 2025, scoring 657 runs in 15 matches — with half-centuries in eight of those games — at a strike rate of 144.71.
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Teams:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyash Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga
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Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 – Match 1
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
203/4 (15.4)
vs
Sunrisers Hyderabad
201/9 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Match 1 )
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets
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RCB to keep 11 seats permanently vacant during IPL games at Chinnaswamy Stadium to honour stampede victims
IPL 2026 RCB Tickets Price: Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrate a wicket in IPL 2025. (Sportzpics)
Nearly ten months after a stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed eleven lives during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) men’s team’s maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title celebrations, the franchise and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) are planning a series of tributes to honour the victims, timed to coincide with the start of the title defence this Saturday.
On June 4, 2025, chaos erupted outside the stadium when thousands of fans gathered for RCB’s celebratory events following their first-ever IPL trophy win. After the stampede and the deaths, the franchise faced widespread criticism for proceeding with celebrations that drew massive crowds without the requisite security clearances.
Speaking to the media Tuesday, RCB chief executive officer (CEO) Rajesh Menon confirmed that all players will wear jersey number 11 during their pre-match practice session on game days throughout the IPL. They will also wear black armbands.
“We are also looking at 11 permanent seats in Chinnaswamy Stadium forever. This is for the 11 fans who will be with us forever,” he added.
