New Delhi, March 28 -- Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin believes that Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) could topple Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2026 opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Since 2022, both RCB and SRH have won three matches each, but when it comes to the last three meetings between the two teams, SRH have won two of those games.

This includes that of SRH amassing 287/3 against RCB in their first of two league stage matches in IPL 2024. That total remains the highest-ever total recorded in an IPL match, and SRH went onto win that match by 25 runs after RCB finished their chase with a total of 262/7.

"SRH have got the better of RCB in the recent past and they will follow in this ...