New Delhi, March 29 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) head coach Daniel Vettori lamented his team's poor bowling performance in their IPL 2026 opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad posted a total of 201/9 after being asked to bat, but they failed to defend that total as RCB scripted a comfortable six-wicket win. Virat Kohli (69*) and Devdutt Padikkal (61) scored half-centuries as RCB chased down the total in 15.4 overs.

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The two of them forged 101 runs from 45 balls for the second wicket. "I think we understand where the game's gone and how destructive that RCB batting line-up is," Daniel Vettori said after the match.

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