When is RCB vs SRH match in IPL 2025 – Date, Venue, Time

When is RCB vs SRH match in IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have a long-standing rivalry against the Hyderabad franchises. In the 2009 season, the Deccan Chargers defeated RCB in the final while SRH scattered RCB’s dream of winning their maiden IPL trophy.

Interestingly, Deccan Chargers(DC) and Sunriser Hyderabad(SRH) both are Hyderabad-based franchises. Even in the IPL 2020 season, Sunrisers knocked RCB out of the tournament in the eliminator.

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played in its regular “Home and Away” format. As per IPL 2025 schedule the first match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 22 March 2025 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

The IPL 2025 will follow Group stage and Playoffs format with the top four teams in the IPL 2025 points table advancing to the playoffs round.

Ahead of the season’s start, BCCI released the IPL 2025 format and rules. IPL teams will be categorised into two groups of five teams where a total of 70 group matches will be played before the playoff round.

When is RCB vs SRH match in IPL 2025?

When is RCB vs SRH match in IPL 2025: Ahead of the season start, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have named its former player Dinesh Karthik as the new batting coach and mentor.

On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad who ended up as runner-up last season, spent a whopping INR 23 crore to retain Heinrich Klaasen ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.

As per the IPL 2025 Groups List, in the league stage, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play only one game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. RCB vs SRH match in IPL 2025 will be played on 13 May in M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru at 7:30 PM IST.

Following are the complete details of When is RCB vs SRH match in IPL 2025/SRH vs RCB match in IPL 2025.

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RCB vs SRH Head to Head Stats in IPL

Royal Challengers Bengaluru(RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) both played 25 matches in IPL where the Hyderabad-based franchise won 13 games while Bengaluru won 11 matches.

Following are the complete details of RCB vs SRH Head to Head Stats in IPL history:

IPL 2025 Format 

The IPL 2025 format is not something unfamiliar to the IPL cricket community. The format has been used in the last IPL season where the tournament is played with a total of 10 teams.

• The ten teams are divided into two groups of five.
• A random draw was used to determine the groups and who plays whom across the groups once and twice.
• In the group stage, each team plays 14 games facing the other four teams in their group two times each (one home and one away game), four teams in the other group once, and the remaining team two times.
• IPL Points Table system: The team winning a match will be awarded 2 points. The losing team will not receive any points. In case of a draw or no result, both teams will be awarded 1 point.
• A four-game playoff stage following the Page playoff system is held after the group stage. Four games will be played in the playoffs:
  • • Qualifier 1: between the teams ranked first and second in the group stage.
    • Eliminator: between the teams ranked third and fourth in the group stage.
    • Qualifier 2: between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator.
    • Final: between the winners of Qualifiers 1 and 2.

IPL 2025 Playoff Format

The playoffs consist of two Qualifiers and one Eliminator. Qualifier 1 is played first, followed by the Eliminator and then Qualifier 2.

Qualifier 1: The first Qualifier is played between the top two teams in the points table. The Qualifier is like a semi-final. The team winning this game goes straight to the IPL final. The loser of Qualifier 1 takes part in Qualifier 2 – for another shot at the final. Thus, the teams finishing in the top two spots of the points table get two bites of the cherry – they have two chances to qualify for the IPL final.

Eliminator: The Eliminator is played between teams who finish at the third and fourth position in the points table. Like the name suggests, the team losing this match is out of the competition. The winner of this match goes into Qualifier 2.

Qualifier 2: The loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator play this game. This again is like a semi-final and the team winning this game moves into the final.

IPL Final: The final and the most crucial juncture of this prestigious competition is played between the winner of Qualifier 1 and the winner of Qualifier 2.

IPL 2025 Team Captains

Following are the details of the IPL 2025 captains of the participating teams. Changes will be updated here(if made) after the official announcements: