RCB 172/2 in 14.2 Overs (Target 202) | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Live Score Updates, IPL 2026 Match 1: Virat Kohli Slams Fifty

FIFTY! Yet another half-century for Virat Kohli, this should not come as a surprise, given the Indian ODI batter's form recently. This is Kohli's 64th half-century,  taking just 33 balls to achieve so. Kohli has kept RCB afloat despite falls of wickets in the past few overs.

This is now a one-way traffic, with RCB batters making merry on a flat track that offers zero assistance to bowlers. Since the fall of Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli has taken it upon himself to score big and attack the bowlers, hitting boundaries at will. Kohli is also nearing his 64th IPL half-century. 

OUT! Finally, SRH gets a breakthrough, thanks to Harsh Dubey. Devdutt Padikkal's entertaining knock comes to an end on 61, as the batter looked to hit the ball over the bowler's head, but managed to hand the catch to Heinrich Klaasen. 

FIFTY! Devdutt Padikkal is playing a stunner in the opener for RCB. Padikkal has managed to continue his domestic form, where the batter enjoyed a purple patch. Padikkal's half-century came off 21 balls, which included six fours and three sixes. 

This is a sensational start for RCB in the power play, where, despite losing Phil Salt's wicket, the team has scored 76 runs. This start is courtesy of Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, who have added 67 runs, where the majority of the runs have come off the latter's bat. 

Despite boundaries in the first few overs, RCB have lost one of their batting mainstays, as Phil Salt departed for 8. Salt went for the aerial shot, but perished at mid-off, where, despite a collision between fielders, Heinrich Klaasen managed to hold on to the catch. 

Aniket Verma played a brilliant cameo in the end, scoring 43 off 18, enabling SRH to cross the 200-run mark. Verma slammed 16 off 3 against Romario Shepherd, who had the last laugh picking the batter's wicket. 

Despite the fall of wickets in the latter half of the innings, Aniket Verma has managed to keep SRH afloat and has ensured the scoring run-rate does not slow down. Verma was lucky to survive after Virat Kohli dropped the batter's catch on 27. Harshal Patel played a poor shot, giving his wicket away for a duck off Bhuvneswar Kumar's bowling. 

Despite the fall of wickets in the latter half of the innings, Aniket Verma has managed to keep SRH afloat and has ensured the scoring run-rate does not slow down. Verma was lucky to survive after Virat Kohli dropped the batter's catch on 27. Harshal Patel played a poor shot, giving his wicket away for a duck off Bhuvneswar Kumar's bowling. 

A catch, which is quite controversial in the eyes of the fans, saw the back of Heinrich Klaasen, who fell after making 31 off 22. Klaasen heaved the ball towards the midwicket region, but Phil Salt managed to take a stunning catch inches away from the boundary line. 

This is a captain's knock by Ishan Kishan. In his maiden outing as SRH captain, Kishan has singlehandedly dug the franchise out of a ditch, scoring a half-century off 28 balls. 

This has been a terrific comeback by SRH, thanks to Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen, who have added 50 runs in 28 balls. The duo got together with SRH downa nd out at 29 for 3. Important phase for both teams. Kishan is also nearing yet another half-century in T20 format. 

Ishan Kishan has continued his rich form from the T20 World Cup into IPL, keeping one end tied up, with SRH losing wickets in the powerplay. Kishan is joined by the veteran Heinrich Klaasen, who had a decent season last year. The duo have added 30-odd runs for the fourth wicket. Meanwhile, Jacob Duffy has finished his spell, picking 3 wickets for 22. 

OUT! A dream spell for Jacob Duffy, the New Zealand pacer, gets his third wicket as Nitish Kumar Reddy departs for 1. Reddy also went for the pull shot and perished, as the bowler managed to get extra bounce off the fresh track. 

OUT! Jacob Duffy is making his mark on his RCB debut. Travis Head falls for 11, much like Abhishek Sharma, the Australian batter played the pull, and ended up giving a catch to the fielder at deep backward square. 

OUT! Debutant Jacob Duffy manages to dismiss the dangerous Abhishek Sharma. Sharma wanted to pull the delivery, but extra bounce saw the ball hit the top part of the bat, and go high up in the air, for wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma to take a simple catch. Poor form continues for Sharma.

Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head will hope to provide SRH a quick start and improve from their performances from the last edition. Jacob Duffy, making his RCB debut, bowled a solid over, where Jitesh Sharma forced Rajat Patidar to waste a DRS. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, David Payne, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer

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

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