The men’s IPL rivalry between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad has featured a final, a Super Over and a game lost entirely to rain. Through 22 May 2026, the teams have met 28 times: Hyderabad lead 15 wins to 12, with one no-result. They split their two completed 2026 meetings, Bengaluru winning the season opener before Sunrisers replied in Hyderabad.
The latest result carried the biggest margin of the recent five: a 55-run Hyderabad win after SRH made 255/4. But that high-scoring finish is only part of the series. The 2013 opening encounter needed an extra over, and the 2017 Bengaluru fixture never reached a toss. A complete record counts both without mistaking a Super Over victory for an unresolved tie.
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Sunrisers HyderabadRCB vs SRH IPL head-to-head record
Hyderabad’s 15 victories include the opening meeting on 7 April 2013. Both regulation innings ended level at 130: RCB made 130/8 and SRH 130/7. Sunrisers won the one-over eliminator, scoring 20 to Bengaluru’s 15. It is one match and one SRH victory in this table, not a second game or a lingering tie.
| Meetings | RCB wins | SRH wins | Ties | No results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
Men’s IPL through 22 May 2026. The bar represents 27 decided matches; the remaining fixture was abandoned.
That exception is the 25 April 2017 game at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Rain prevented even the toss, so neither side earned a win. Some historical tables count only decided matches and show 27; an all-meetings head-to-head includes the washout to reach 28. Bengaluru’s six-wicket win in March 2026 and Hyderabad’s 55-run win in May left the season’s pair of results balanced, but SRH retained their overall lead.
Most runs in RCB vs SRH IPL matches
Virat Kohli leads this opponent-specific IPL list with 889 runs. A dated pre-22 May batting table put him on 874; his 15 in the latest scorecard brings the figure to 889. David Warner follows on 647, AB de Villiers has 540, and Kane Williamson has 367. Heinrich Klaasen moves into fifth on 284.
Klaasen’s 284 comes from six directly checked regulation innings against RCB: 104 in 2023; 67 and seven in 2024; 24 in 2025; then 31 and 51 in 2026. His final 51 takes him past Shikhar Dhawan‘s 263, which had been fifth in the pre-May chart. This is an archive across seasons, not a list of today’s squad or each player’s career-wide IPL runs.
Only men’s IPL regular-innings runs in this franchise matchup through 22 May 2026. Super Over runs are not added to batting aggregates.
Last five completed RCB vs SRH IPL matches
Sunrisers’ most recent win came in Hyderabad on 22 May 2026. Ishan Kishan made 79, Abhishek Sharma 56 and Klaasen 51 as SRH reached 255/4. RCB finished on 200/4, with Rajat Patidar contributing 56, so the result was a 55-run win. Kohli made 15 in the chase; it is his final contribution to the opponent-run total above.
The season opener on 28 March told a different story. SRH posted 201/9, led by Kishan’s 80. Kohli remained unbeaten on 69 and Devdutt Padikkal made 61 as Bengaluru reached 203/4 in 15.4 overs. That was a completed six-wicket chase with 26 balls remaining, not a run-margin victory.
Hyderabad also won the teams’ sole 2025 meeting. Played in Lucknow on 23 May, it featured Kishan’s unbeaten 94 in SRH’s 231/6. RCB were dismissed for 189 in 19.5 overs, a 42-run defeat. The neutral-venue setting and the batting order matter when comparing this match with the 2026 results.
The two 2024 games produced very different winning totals. On 25 April in Hyderabad, RCB made 206/7 and held SRH to 171/8, winning by 35 runs; Patidar scored 50 from 20 balls. Ten days earlier, on 15 April in Bengaluru, Travis Head made 102 and Klaasen 67 as SRH piled up 287/3. RCB replied with 262/7, including Dinesh Karthik‘s 83, but Hyderabad won by 25 runs. The 2017 zero-ball abandonment is part of the overall record, not this list of completed results.
| Date | Ground | Winner | Margin | Scores · innings order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | Hyderabad | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 55 runs | SRH 255/4; RCB 200/4 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Bengaluru | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 6 wickets | SRH 201/9; RCB 203/4 |
| 23 May 2025 | Lucknow | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 42 runs | SRH 231/6; RCB 189 |
| 25 Apr 2024 | Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 35 runs | RCB 206/7; SRH 171/8 |
| 15 Apr 2024 | Bengaluru | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 25 runs | SRH 287/3; RCB 262/7 |
Five most recent completed men’s IPL meetings, newest first; scores are final innings totals.
RCB vs SRH IPL FAQs
Who leads the RCB vs SRH IPL head-to-head?
Sunrisers Hyderabad lead 15 wins to Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s 12 after 28 meetings through 22 May 2026. One game had no result.
Which RCB vs SRH IPL match had no result?
The 25 April 2017 Bengaluru meeting was abandoned before the toss without a ball bowled. It counts as one scheduled IPL meeting, with no victory for either team.
Who won the 2013 RCB vs SRH Super Over?
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the one-over eliminator after the 7 April 2013 regulation innings ended 130–130. That counts as one SRH victory, not an unresolved tie.
Who has the most runs in RCB vs SRH IPL matches?
Virat Kohli leads the opponent-specific men’s IPL list on 889 runs through 22 May 2026. David Warner follows on 647.
Men’s IPL historical cutoff: 22 May 2026. Later meetings can change the record.
