
Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|28-04-2026
Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated the Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets to register their sixth win of the IPL 2026. Chasing 76 runs, the defending champions completed the target in 6.3 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Jacob Bethell, who scored 20 runs, was the only batter to be dismissed. Devdutt Padikkal amassed 34 runs off 13 balls, laced with 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Virat Kohli accumulated 15-ball 23, with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary.Earlier, the Capitals managed just 75 in 16.3 overs, with only Devdutt Padikkal (30 off 33), David Miller (19 off 18) and Kyle Jamieson (12 off 13) touching the double-digit mark. Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets while Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed three scalps.
Krunal Pandya, Suyash Sharma and Rasikh Salam added one wicket each to their bowling figures.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs (Padikkal 34*) beat Delhi Capitals 75 (Porel 30, Hazlewood 4-12, Bhuvneshwar 3-5) by nine wickets
DC lost 6 wickets for 13 runs in the powerplay overs, with Sahil Parakh (0), KL Rahul (1), Nitish Rana (1), Sameer Rizvi (0), Tristan Stubbs (5), and captain Axar Patel (0) being ordinary with the bat.
Josh Hazlewood was named the Player of the Match for taking 4 wickets and conceding 12 runs from his 3.3 overs.
Royal Challengers have reached 12 points from 8 matches and are just one point behind the league leaders, Punjab Kings.
Delhi Capitals have 6 points from 8 games and are in seventh place.A1: RCB defeated DC by 9 wickets in Delhi.
A2: Josh Hazlewood was adjudged the Player of the Match.
A3: DC vs RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs (Padikkal 34*)
Delhi Capitals 75 (Porel 30, Hazlewood 4-12, Bhuvneshwar 3-5)




