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What time will the toss take place, what time will the match start? Know where you can watch RCB VS SRH live action

By Samira Vishwas

The wait is about to end and now IPL 2026 will start in a few hours. The first match of the tournament will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. There is a lot of excitement among the fans about this high voltage match, in which on one side there will be RCB captained by Rajat Patidar and on the other side there will be SRH which will be commanded by Ishan Kishan. So let us give you every small and big information related to the match in this article. Let us know what time the opening match will start? At what time will the captain come to the field for the toss?

What time will the toss take place?

The first match of IPL 2026 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. In this match, both the captains will come to the field for the toss at 7 o’clock.

What time will the match start?

The first match of IPL 2026 will be played between RCB VS SRH, the toss will take place at 7 o’clock. At the same time, the match will start at 7.30 pm.

20 overs have to be completed in 90 minutes

In IPL, both the teams will be given 90 minutes time to complete their quota of 20 overs. Strategic time out of 2:30 minutes has not been added in this. If a team is not able to complete its overs in the stipulated time, then they will have to keep an extra fielder within the radius of 30 yards in the last over. This benefits the batting team.

Where can you watch the match LIVE?

The broadcast rights of the Indian Premier League 2026 season are with Star Sports Sports Network. In such a situation, if you want to watch the match on TV, you can turn to Star Sports-1 and Star Sports-2. Apart from this, there are separate channels for English and Hindi commentary, you can select the channel as per your choice.

At the same time, if you want to enjoy the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match wherever you want on laptop or mobile, then you will have to download the Jio Hotstar app. Its initial subscription starts from Rs 150 per 3 months. However, to watch it on smart TV, you will have to take a premium plan.

RCB VS SRH Head to Head

So far in IPL history, a total of 25 matches have been played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. During this period, Sunrisers Hyderabad has won 13 matches, while it has faced defeat in 11 matches. Talking about RCB, it has won 11 matches against Hyderabad, whereas it has faced defeat in 13 matches. One match between these two teams has also been inconclusive.

RCB and SRH squad

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Tim David, Jacob Bethel, Romario Shepherd, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jordan Cox, Suyyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Swapnil Singh, Jacob Duffy, Kanishk Chauhan, Abhinandan Singh, Mangesh Yadav, Phil Salt, Satwik Deswal, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra.

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, Brydon Carse, Ishan Malinga, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, R Smaran, Travis Head, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivang Kumar, Saqib Hussain, Salil Arora, Omkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mawi, David Penn.

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