Sunrisers Hyderabad has given a target of 202 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match of IPL 2026 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. During this period, the brilliant innings of Ishan Kishan and Aniket Verma put the team in a strong position.

wickets falling in powerplay

Sunrisers Hyderabad did not have a good start, and three wickets fell during the powerplay itself.

But after this, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen took charge of the innings and added 97 runs in 53 balls for the fourth wicket. This partnership laid the foundation for Hyderabad to reach a huge target.

Ishaan and Aniket’s innings remained important

Ishan Kishan gave strength to his team by scoring 80 runs, but as soon as this partnership broke, Hyderabad’s wickets started falling. However, Aniket Verma played a tremendous strike in the last overs and scored 43 runs and took the team’s score beyond 200.

RCB’s performance

Jacob Duffy, who was debuting for RCB, bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets.

At the same time, Phil Salt also took two impossible catches, which became an important part of the match.

Captain Rajat Patidar’s toss decision

Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be an interesting strategy. Now, RCB will have to struggle to achieve the target of 202 runs.

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