SRH vs RCB Highlights IPL 2026: SRH build confidence but miss out on Qualifier 1 as 55-run win falls short
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights IPL 2026: SRH get a big win after piling on 255/4, but from an RCB perspective, business handled as they seal the top spot. SRH now need to win three playoff games to get the trophy.
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score IPL 2026: It all comes down to this in the race for the Top 2. By the end of the night, our matchup for Qualifier 1 in IPL 2026 will be set, with two of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans, and Sunrisers Hyderabad set to make it through, while the last will miss out. GT’s massive win over CSK last night has given them a terrific position, but not one which is completely safe, as SRH are aware of just how much they need to win by....Read More
And SRH have the firepower too. With their power-packed left=handers at the top and the likes of Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy to follow, they have the batting to achieve the 80-odd run win, or the quickfire chase, whichever it be – but can their bowling keep up with the demands that such a match requires?
Down the other end are a confident and self-assured RCB team, one going for back to back victories, that has looked almost unflappable at many points in this season. Their bowling has caught some punishment on occasion, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar has rolled back the years and seems unplayable at times. With Josh Hazlewood set to come good soon and plenty of players capable of chipping in themselves, they will back their chances.
RCB know that it would require something truly brutal to be knocked out of the top two themselves, but will still be eager to play for the win. They have the antidote to SRH’s strengths, and it will be about getting things in order to achieve those.
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- 22 May 2026, 11:31:15 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: That's that – SRH win by 55 runs
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH will be very happy with their all-round performance today, but body language just a touch flat as the energy of the match dwindled towards the end. But SRH proving why they are a dangerous proposition even from the Eliminator come May 27.
Now the next three matches to decide who joins SRH in that playoff match! See you then.
- 22 May 2026, 11:23:15 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Fifty and out for Patidar! Falls to Travis Head's golden arm
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Such is the match state that Cummins goes to Travis Head. Rajat Patidar tries to put away a half-tracker but a little too early through it, finds deep square leg.
Dying embers of this game.
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- 22 May 2026, 11:17:18 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Patidar carves four to get to the magic number
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: That's the 166 reaches as Patidar carves it over point for a one bounce four.
RCB's next target a few runs away as they try to get to top spot – but increasingly becoming clear that they are happy to settle for a tie on points.
- 22 May 2026, 11:12:45 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Two drops in two balls – Rajat Patidar survives
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Eshan Malinga can't get a third! First smoked straight at Pat Cummins at extra cover close in, but it's doesn't stick. The second chance is a very tricky one as it catches a top edge and swirls everywhere as Sakib tries to get back. Never settles, gets a hand to it, but can't really blame him for that one.
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- 22 May 2026, 11:10:49 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: RCB 17 away from top 2
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: The match just going through the motions a bit. RCB not really looking to go too hard, just ensuring they get to that mini-target of 166 safely. Right on the cusp of it now.
- 22 May 2026, 10:57:45 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Match slipping from RCB, but Top 2 slipping from SRH
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: A weird position this game is in now. SRH bowling more than well enough to prevent RCB from getting the massive total, but 166 simply proving not enough runs on the board. 39 needed off 42 for that mark. Have RCB changed gears to chase that now? Or maybe 178, which gives them first place in the table.
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- 22 May 2026, 10:47:28 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 112/3 after 11
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: So now – 54 needed off 54 as far as SRH are concerned. A very tricky 144 off 54 for RCB to get the points.
- 22 May 2026, 10:29:51 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: MALINGA STRIKES AGAIN! Padikkal clips it straight to midwicket
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH picking up the wickets as RCB try to track down the full total! It's in the arc for Padikkal to flick, but he hits it a little too well, a little straighter than he would like, straight down the throat of deep midwicket.
94/3 now – opening for SRH?
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- 22 May 2026, 10:25:50 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 91/2 after 8
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH know they are defending 75 off the next 72 – a huge, tough equation for them. For this match itself, 165 needed off 72 for RCB, who are slowing down in that scheme of things.
- 22 May 2026, 10:13:08 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: KOHLI FALLS! Sakib strikes, drives it straight to extra cover
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: BIG MOMENT! Kohli tries to step it up with his own attacking shot, the go-to cover drive, but hits it at catching height, right to Smaran at cover! Good sharp catch, and that makes it 74/2 right on the precipice of the powerplay!
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- 22 May 2026, 10:09:01 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 4, 6! Padikkal takes up the attacking reins
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: OOF! The power behind that pull shot from Devdutt Padikkal! He loves going after bowlers early in his innings now, and that's a statement – stands up tall, swivels, and sends it whistling deep into the stands!
71/1 after 5 overs – forget 166, they're looking at all 256 at the moment!
- 22 May 2026, 10:06:19 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Venkatesh falls! Finds deep midwicket
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Venkatesh tries to go harder, but a little bit of extra bounce from Eshan Malinga does the trick! High on the bat, loops over the deep midwicket, and Abhishek Sharma with a nice catch on the run for an opening.
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- 22 May 2026, 10:01:54 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 23 run over! SRH behind the game early
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Not what SRH wanted! Gamble to bowl spin in the powerplay, and it gets punished as Venky pulls off all the shots through the leg-side – a couple of big sixes off the back-foot next.
- 22 May 2026, 09:58:49 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 6, 4! Venkatesh takes down the spin of Shivang
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH go to spin early with Shivang Kumar, but not working early on! Too straight to Venky, who pulls out an aerial sweep and then a grounded sweep for 10 quick runs.
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- 22 May 2026, 09:56:02 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Interminably long wait for a wide review, which is burnt by RCB
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Huge wait as Venkatesh Iyer reviews for wide down the off side byline. Feels like it will never end – but it does, and the umpire's call of no wide is right.
- 22 May 2026, 09:49:48 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Cummins facing some early punishment!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Pat Cummins being taken down! Too straight to Kohli, who is able to nail him either side of square leg for a couple of boundaries. Then too overpitched to Venkatesh, who is able to drive even though he has a hand come off the handle.
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- 22 May 2026, 09:42:03 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 14 off the opening Cummins over!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Venkatesh Iyer goes early! First a scoop for four into vacant fine leg, then a big flash trying to drive through covers: thick outside edge which flies all the way for six!
- 22 May 2026, 09:36:20 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: The equation – RCB need to get 166 to seal Top 2, SRH need to defend that much
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: So as the chase is set to begin, confirmation: RCB will seal Top 2 if they get 166, and top spot if they get 178.
SRH need to win by 90 runs if they wish to leapfrog RCB.
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- 22 May 2026, 09:23:17 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH finish on 255/4
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Only 17 runs off the last two overs – very well bowled, all things considered. This total could very easily have been in excess of 270, but RCB are able to ensure that the number they have to get to isn't too bloated.
Kishan falls on 79 on the last ball. SRH will be confident of getting the result from here – but their focus will be to restrict RCB to sub-170.
- 22 May 2026, 09:12:19 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: NKR runs away to 21*(6)!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy with an immediate impact! A couple of sixes off Krunal Pandya and then a third off Josh Hazlewood with a crafty scoop – he's batting extremely well.
238/3 with two overs to follow.
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- 22 May 2026, 09:04:20 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Klaasen falls on 51! Krunal delivers big wicket
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Can't connect cleanly and that could be a massive moment for RCB! Krunal Pandya goes with his low-arm skidder, and Klaasen can't connect well – mistimed to deep midwicket, taken easily on the fence!
210/3 now with 22 balls to play.
- 22 May 2026, 08:56:48 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Now Bhuvneshwar taken for 18!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Everyone getting the treatment at the moment! Make that 60 in the last three – Klaasen connects with some lusty power on these last two balls of the over. SRH are tearing RCB apart at the moment.
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- 22 May 2026, 08:50:17 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 42 off last 2 over!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH beginning to look really brutal out in the middle! Finding maximums with ease from both sides of the crease. No containing them now – both batters looking dangerous.
- 22 May 2026, 08:39:05 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 6, 6, 4! Klaasen goes after Hazlewood
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Saw out Shepherd to target Josh Hazlewood, how about that! Begins to tee off – knows he has taken all the time he can afford and now needs to go hard as SRH look at at least 230 on this batting paradise. First over square leg then bang down the ground, finally before squeezing it through bakward point for four.
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- 22 May 2026, 08:33:28 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Shepherd squeezes in a good 5-run over
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Heinrich Klaasen struggling to get going – but he can kick up that notch whenever he really needs to. RCB won't want this partnership to grow too much, not with Kishan also hitting it well.
- 22 May 2026, 08:23:30 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 116/2 after 10
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Kishan begins to motor now. He will take over the scoring brunt while Klaasen settles in. SRH still have so much firepower to go, and have a very strong base.
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- 22 May 2026, 08:15:31 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Not this time! Abhishek Sharma falls
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Fourth time's the charm for RCB! The simplest by far, and Cox makes no mistake this time. Mis-hit high into the air, Cox can come in and settle underneath it for a simple grab. Crucial wicket for RCB to stem the flow of runs.
- 22 May 2026, 08:12:16 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 20-ball fifty for Abhishek Sharma!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: There's the landmark for Abhishek Sharma! It hasn't been his cleanest as he provided RCB two or three chances, but they weren't taken, and he hasn't slowed down. Lovely flick off his pads flies all the way for six, great shot to bring it up.
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- 22 May 2026, 08:05:59 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma continues to motor, attacks the spin
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 63/1 after the powerplay, but Abhishek won't slow down. Particularly if he sees spin. Backs himself to pick it, and goes with the googly over long off for six.
Next ball, does it again, and Jordan Cox can't quite keep his feet in bounds as he is given half a chance! Seems he has trod on the boundary right after taking the catch, so the self-relay doesn't work this time.
- 22 May 2026, 07:50:09 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: RASIKH CLEANS UP HEAD WITH A PINPOINT SEARING YORKER!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BOWL AT THESE GUYS IN THIS MOOD! Travis Head hammers three forus through the over against Rasikh Dar, and he needs to change something up – goes full and fast, Head tries to make room but ends up being beaten for pace!
Crucial end to a fast 45-run partnership.
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- 22 May 2026, 07:40:20 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Head goes after his compatriot Hazlewood!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Travis Head not holding back against Josh Hazlewood! Waits for something a touch shorter, camped on the backfoot, and hammers it in front of square. One bounce for four, ruins a very good over to that point.
- 22 May 2026, 07:35:24 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Statement early six from Abhishek Sharma!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Travis Head starts with four, but it's Abhishek Sharma who goes after Bhuvneshwar early! It's a pretty good ball, on a good length and in the right area, but he is able to drive it hard over mid-off all the way for six! Good brave batting early.
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- 22 May 2026, 07:31:47 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Here we go! Bhuvi first up
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the Purple Cap with a daunting proposition ahead of him – but this is exactly where you want him mist. Abhishek takes strike.
- 22 May 2026, 07:19:49 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: RCB playing XI
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: A big call from RCB – Bethell dropped for Venkatesh Iyer fresh off a big knock.
RCB XI: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar
Impact: Tim David, Kanishk Chouhan, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox
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- 22 May 2026, 07:13:25 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH playing XI
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: No changes for SRH.
SRH XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain
Impact: Praful Hinge, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel
- 22 May 2026, 07:04:00 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH opt to bat first!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Pat Cummins win the toss and interestingly opts to bat first! Runs on the board, but Cummins accepts it's a long shot. Enjoying themselves is the key, says Cummins.
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- 22 May 2026, 06:35:22 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: SRH keen to know toss result
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 25 minutes from the toss now. SRh know that RCB are a strong chasing team – they know that anything short of, realistically, 250, won't do the trick against a team led by Virat Kohli. They might back themselves to chase and faul down what they need to in record time.
- 22 May 2026, 06:15:41 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: 1st vs 3rd – but it could be the other way around by the end of the night
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: RCB are currently in first, but not comfortably so. SRH are only two points behind, while GT are tied on points with an NRR right behind them.
SRH now have to work upwards – they were very close to GT with their NRR before GT's massive 89-run win the night prior, but that now means they have to match the result with a big win of their own. If Ishan Kishan was miffed with CSK during their game earlier this week, he won't be feeling much better now.
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- 22 May 2026, 06:00:04 PM IST
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: HELLO AND WELCOME!
SRH vs RCB LIVE Score: Down to the final pieces of business for IPL 2026. At the end of the night, the matchup for Qualifier 1 will be set, and as will one half of the Eliminator. All on the line as SRH host RCB in Hyderabad. Don't miss a beat.