Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match Report – IPL 2026 | Statz Cricket

8th April 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – IPL 2026, 3rd Match

Date: Saturday, 28 March 2026 | Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | Toss: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and chose to field

Result: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Innings 1: 201/9 (20 overs)

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Innings 2: 203/4 (15.4 overs)

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Match Verdict

RCB demolished a 202-run target with more than four overs in hand thanks to a stunning batting display. Devdutt Padikkal's 61 off 26 set a blazing tone before Virat Kohli (69* off 38) guided the chase home with authority. Jacob Duffy had earlier been outstanding with 3/22 off 4 overs to restrict SRH despite Ishan Kishan's brilliant 80 off 38.

Statz Ratings – Top 5

  1. Jacob Duffy (RCB) – 89.3
  2. Ishan Kishan (SRH) – 51.5
  3. Devdutt Padikkal (RCB) – 50.2
  4. Virat Kohli (RCB) – 39.1
  5. Rajat Patidar (RCB) – 36.3

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Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Duffy, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (c), Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Tim David, Virat Kohli

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

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