Ex-RCB batter AB de Villiers opined that RCB can win back-to-back IPL titles, saying, "They are in that zone…perhaps two or three trophies in a row." "[Virat] often said in the dressing room, 'If we can win one, we are going to win two, three, four quickly'," he added. RCB will play SRH in the season opener of IPL 2026.