The IPL's double-header on Saturday (April 18) will see Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on Delhi Capitals, and Sunrisers Hyderabad play Chennai Super Kings: here are the live scores, broadcast and streaming details, playing XIs, toss and team news.
Also read: Updated IPL 2026 points table after GT vs KKR
IPL 2026, Match 26: RCB vs DC live score
DC won the toss and chose to field first.
RCB playing XI: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.
Impact Player options: Rasikh Salam, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer.
DC playing XI: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan.
Impact Player options: Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana.
Match 26, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2026, Match 27: SRH vs CSK live score
The toss will take place at 7:00pm local time.
SRH (predicted XII): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga.
CSK (predicted XII): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Mukesh Choudhary.
Match 27, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings
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Today's IPL 2026 matches: Who are the players to watch out for?
RCB vs DC, Bengaluru, April 18, 3:30 pm
If anything, the defending champions look more dangerous than they did last season. Josh Hazlewood delivered a clinic in his first game back at the Chinnaswamy since winning the title, and will be looking to repeat that against Delhi on Saturday. With the bat, Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar have been the standouts while left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya and his bag of tricks will once again be a real draw on the bowling front.
Delhi have had a ten-day break since their last game, which was their second consecutive loss. Lungi Ngidi has starred with the ball for them, and a potential death-overs battle against the likes of Tim David and Patidar could be one of the standouts in this game. The top three of KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka and Sameer Rizvi is not overly explosive, but should provide a steady churn of runs.
SRH vs CSK, Hyderabad, April 18, 7:30 pm
The biggest story from Hyderabad's last game was the emergence of uncapped quicks Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain, who took eight wickets between them as they beat Rajasthan. Both could well get a go again today. The opening pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma remain as watchable as ever and Nitish Kumar Reddy is starting to find his form with both bat and ball.
Chennai's back-to-back wins at home have buoyed their campaign somewhat – Noor Ahmad looked closer to his best in their most recent fixture, while Sanju Samson has scores of 48 and 115* in his last two games. Jamie Overton has been an important support player with bat and ball, but they will want captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to find his form with the bat sooner rather than later.
IPL 2026: Where to watch today's matches live?
The IPL 2026 matches between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals, and Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.
You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.
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