That's a wrap for our live coverage of the IPL 2026 clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals. A historic game - one to remember for RCB, one to erase as soon as possible for DC.

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Josh Hazlewood named 'Player of the Match'. 4 wickets tonight, including 3 in the powerplay. He dismissed KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi in successive deliveries in his first over, setting off the DC collapse. 

One of RCB's only two defeats this season came against Delhi Capitals. Well, they've well and truly avenged it tonight. The most comprehensive win of the season, and also the shortest match of the season. 

81 balls left as RCB win, which is the second-most balls left in a successful chase in IPL history.

Not only did Delhi Capitals have one of their worst-ever batting displays, but they did not manage to bother RCB one bit with the ball. 5th loss in 6 games for DC, whose playoff charge is falling apart by the day.
Axar Patel would find it difficult to express which loss stings more, the RCB one or the PBKS one. Many, many questions lie in front.

Virat Kohli finishes off in style! Two maximums to complete the run chase of 76 in just 6.3 overs. A thumping victory for RCB, who strengthen their position in the top 2 of the points table.

Kohli ends unbeaten on 23 off 15, while Padikkal played a whirlwind 34 off 13.

RCB 77/1 (6.3)
RCB beat DC by 9 wickets.

9,000 IPL runs for Virat Kohli! He becomes the first batter to do so in the history of the IPL. He is nearly 2,000 runs ahead of Rohit Sharma in second place. Another impressive record for one of the greatest of all time.

RCB 65/1 (6)

Devdutt Padikkal is on a roll! He is dealing in effortless boundaries at the moment. A 6 is flicked over the leg-side, and then two 4s through mid-wicket and deep square-leg. He ends the over with the best shot of the lot - another maximum over extra cover!

RCB are 16 runs away from victory!

RCB 60/1 (5)

Padikkal ends the 4th over with a boundary through fine-leg. The left-hander looks in imperious touch, and the pitch looks a lot different to what Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood made it seem. 

RCB 39/1 (4)

Top shot from Padikkal! Steps out and deposits Chameera for 6 over long-off. Magnificent shot from the in-form left-hander. Now, he has given the strike to Kohli, who is 5 away from the record.

RCB 34/1 (3.3)

WOW, Jacob Bethell! Sweet sound off the bat as he hammers Kyle Jamieson for two maximums over deep mid-wicket. Same area, but the timing was impeccable both times.

Oh, and he's GONE! Looks to go straight this time, but doesn't time it so well. T Natarajan, running backwards, takes a superb catch. He does very well to keep his balance. Bethell's cameo comes to an end. 20 off 11.

RCB 26/1 (2.5)

Straight, graceful, glorious from Virat Kohli! Off the mark with a boundary off Dushmantha Chameera's bowling. He scrambles a single on the final ball of the second over. 

Kohli is 6 away from the 9,000-run mark.

RCB 13/0 (2)

We are back! All eyes shift to Virat Kohli now, who is 11 runs away from becoming the first player in IPL history to make 9,000 runs. Jacob Bethell is opening alongside Kohli. Kyle Jamieson will take the new ball.

And Bethell gets 4 down fine-leg first ball!

RCB 4/0 (0.1)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar kickstarted proceedings by dismissing debutant Sahil Parakh with a superb yorker in the second ball of the match, and RCB never looked back. Hazlewood joined the party in the next over, getting KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi in back-to-back balls. 

3 wickets for each in the powerplay, and Hazlewood added another late on. Such was their breathtaking spell that it seemed RCB would finally erase their low of '49 all out' today.

Abhishek Porel is knocked over by Josh Hazlewood! Delhi Capitals 75 ALL OUT. End of a miserable innings for the home side. They did avoid the lowest-ever IPL total, but this total should be easily chased down by RCB.

DC 75 all out (16.4)
RCB Target: 76

OUT! Kuldeep's defence ends as Suyash dismantles the stumps with a terrific delivery. Kuldeep departs for 3 off 11, and RCB need just 1 more wicket.

DC 71/9 (15.3)

Kuldeep Yadav and Abishek Porel are still mostly blocking and taking singles, but if they manage to survive another couple of overs, the latter could look to go after the bowling and try and take DC past the 100-run mark.

DC 67/8 (14)

GONE! 8th wicket falls for Delhi Capitals! Kyle Jamieson is trapped LBW by Krunal Pandya. Jamieson takes the DRS review, but hawkeye says 'Umpire's Call'. 

DC 62/8 (12.3)

Kyle Jamieson goes big! He clobbers Romario Shepherd for a maximum over deep square-leg. DC go past the lowest-ever IPL total. Jamieson then slams another boundary through mid-wicket.

DC 58/7 (11)

The 10th over took a long time to be completed. Porel was checked by some RCB players, with something having possibly entered his eye. DC are 3 runs away from the lowest IPL score.

DC 46/7 (10)

Play resumes in New Delhi. We have spin for the first time today, as Suyash Sharma comes into the attack. It is visibly very dusty, and this must be causing a problem for the batter and fielders.

Play stops again after 2 balls, but then resumes. Seems like Porel is not keen to play in these circumstances.

DC 43/7 (9.3)

Play has been halted momentarily due to a dust storm. This will be a welcome break for Delhi Capitals, who are 6 runs short of the lowest-ever IPL score (49), which was incidentally registered by RCB against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2017.

DC 43/7 (9)

GONE! Just as it seemed that David Miller would rebuild the innings, he departs on the final ball of the 9th over. Two excellent shots to the boundary. But then he looks to pull a short-ish ball and mistimes it horribly. Straight up into the air and collected by Jitesh.

DC 43/7 (9)

Another boundary for Abishek Porel, as Romario Shepherd comes in to bowl the 8th over. Meanwhile, David Miller crosses 12,000 runs in T20 cricket. 

DC 34/6 (8)

Finally some runs! Rasikh Salam Dar replaces Bhuvneshwar in the attack, who does not get a 4th over in a row. Porel slams a boundary through the leg-side, and Miller hits a wonderful cover drive too for 4.

DC 25/6 (7)

End of the powerplay, and it is tough to capture in words what we've just witnessed. Delhi Capitals are 13/6 after 6 overs - the lowest-ever powerplay score in IPL history. Scintillating stuff from Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood.

DC 13/6 (6)

David Miller is struggling out there in the middle, but he is experienced enough to bail DC out of this mess. However, Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood are breathing fire with every ball. Miller nudges a delivery down to square-leg, and they run 2.

DC 11/6 (5)

GONE! The wreakage continues! Nitish Rana was leaving all the deliveries outside the off-stump but ends up mistiming a short ball and gets caught by the fielder at wide slip.

DC are 6 down for 8 runs!

DC 8/6 (3.5)

Delhi Capitals have brought in left-handed batter Abishek Porel as the Impact Player in this situation of emergency. He needs to play a patient knock here and get his team out of trouble.

DC 8/5 (3)

GONE! Another one for Bhuvi! This is simply outrageous! Axar Patel narrowly survived a caught behind second ball, but he ends up getting out that way on the third ball! Third wicket for Bhuvneshwar Kumar!

Calamity, absolute calamity. Is the lowest-ever IPL team total of 49 under threat?

DC 7/5 (2.4)

OUT! Another one goes down! Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets his second of the evening, thick edge off Tristan Stubbs' blade gets caught at slip by Padikkal. Delhi Capitals are 4 down after 2.1 overs.

DC 7/4 (2.1)

Tristan Stubbs prevents Josh Hazlewood's hattrick as he nudges it through mid-wicket for 4. But what a start this is for RCB. Absolutely unbelievable. Parakh 0, KL Rahul 1, Rizvi 0. 

DC 7/3 (2)

What is going on!? Josh Hazlewood has just dismissed KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi in back-to-back deliveries. KL Rahul swings hard, mistimes it, gets caught by the wicket-keeper. Next ball, Sameer Rizvi goes for a first-ball duck. Nicks it and caught behind. 

Hazlewood on a hattrick. Disaster for DC.

DC 2/3 (1.2)

GONE for 0! Sahil Parakh has been cleaned up by a sensational yorker from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Facing just his second ball, he has no answer whatsover to a terrific delivery. Duck on debut for the 18-year-old, you have to feel for him. He looks distraught.

DC 0/1 (0.2)

We are LIVE! Sahil Parakh is out to open alongside KL Rahul, and he faces the first ball too! Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens the bowling. Parakh gets a leading edge, and nearly gets caught at short third.

DC 0/0 (0.1)

Delhi Capitals choosing to go with Sahil Parakh means that Indian openers Prithvi Shaw and Abishek Porel have been overlooked. Shaw was given a second chance by DC as he was bought for Rs 75L in the last auction, but he's yet to get a game.

Meanwhile, Porel has gone from being a regular to completely out of the DC side this season.

Sahil Parakh is a left-handed opening batter, who was bought by DC for Rs 30 lakh in the auction. He impressed in the Maharashtra Premier League in 2025, scoring 202 runs in 8 games at a strike-rate of 177. He has also previously been a part of India's U-19 squad.

A big test ahead of him today, as he goes up against the experience and class of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru XI vs DC: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.

No changes for RCB. Jacob Bethell stays as the 'Impact Player'.

Delhi Capitals XI vs RCB: Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.

DC debuts for Sahil Parakh and Kyle Jamieson. Pathum Nissanka and Mukesh Kumar go out, as DC opt to go with two overseas pacers.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and opted to bowl! Rajat Patidar calls 'Heads' and it's the right call. "Very obvious decision", says Patidar. DC captain Axar agrees, he would have also liked to field.

Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson and uncapped 18-year-old batter Sahil Parakh have just been handed their DC caps ahead of toss time. Seems like Starc is not going to play today, with Jamieson replacing Ngidi.

We are just about 10 minutes away from toss time at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Temperatures in Delhi are still above 35 degrees Celsius, despite us nearing 7 PM local time. Will that have an impact in the toss decision?

Big news: Mitchell Starc is warming up ahead of the match for Delhi Capitals. The Rs 11.75 crore star is yet to play a single game for DC this season, having only just joined the camp after injury. However, it seems like he could be playing due to Ngidi's injury.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are both in the running for the Orange Cap in IPL 2026. Rahul is third with 357 runs so far, while Kohli is sixth with 328. Currently, it is held by Abhishek Sharma, who has 380.

This is the second meeting between RCB and DC this season, and DC will take confidence from the fact that they managed to win their previous encounter. It was a close affair at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, with David Miller pulling off victory in the last over.

RCB's star opener Phil Salt is still ruled out, meaning Jacob Bethell is likely to get another game at the top of the order. Bethell made 14 runs off 10 balls in their previous match, and will be hoping to score big today.

Lungi Ngidi suffered a worrying injury during DC's last match as he fell on his head while trying to take a catch, needing to be taken to hospital in an ambulance. Thankfully, it does not appear to be serious, and he has even trained with the team.

That being said, Ngidi is unlikely to play today, according to reports. This could see Dushmantha Chameera or Kyle Jamieson enter DC's playing XI today.

Delhi Capitals were at the receiving end of the highest successful chase in IPL history, but KL Rahul was still named the 'Player of the Match' for his unbelievable 152* off 67, which became the highest individual score by an Indian in IPL history. It was also the first time an Indian crossed 150 in an IPL game.

RCB stalwart Virat Kohli is just 11 runs away from becoming the first player in history to notch up 9,000 IPL runs. Given the form he is in, there's a great chance that he gets the record today!

Delhi Capitals have had an extremely mixed campaign, but Axar Patel and co. have really hit a rough patch of late. In their previous game, Punjab Kings (PBKS) scripted the highest successful chase in IPL history, chasing down 265 with more than an over to spare, as KL Rahul's 152* went in vain.

DC have lost 4 of their last 5, and need a win today to stay in touch with the playoff race.

Reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru look like a side that could launch a title bid once again in IPL 2026. They've won 5 of their first 7 matches, and will be just 1 point behind top spot if they win today. 

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). We are at the historic Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi today.

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