The reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru will begin their IPL 2026 campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.
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RCB veteran batter Virat Kohli needs nine sixes to complete 300 maximums in the IPL. He will become the third batter after Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma to achieve the landmark.
Devdutt Padikkal needs 10 fours to complete 200 boundaries.
Jitesh Sharma needs nine runs to complete 1000 IPL runs.
Krunal Pandya needs seven wickets to reach 100 scalps in the IPL.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs two wickets to complete 200 wickets in the tournament. He will become the second bowler to reach the milestone after Yuzvendra Chahal.
Venkatesh Iyer needs 32 runs to complete 1500 IPL runs.
Ishan Kishan needs two runs to complete 3000 runs in the IPL.
Liam Livingstone will play his 50th IPL game.
Heinrich Klaasen, who will also play his 50th IPL game, needs 20 runs to complete 1500 runs. He needs two more fours to complete 200 boundaries in the tournament.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 squad
Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Tim David, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jordan Cox, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Swapnil Singh, Jacob Duffy, Kanishk Chouhan, Abhinandan Singh, Mangesh Yadav, Phil Salt, Satvik Deswal, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra.
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 squad:
Ishan Kishan (c/wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Liam Livingstone, Kamindu Mendis, Krains Fuletra, Brydon Carse, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, David Payne, Harsh Dubey, Amit Kumar, Zeeshan Ansari.
