IPL 2026: 23 balls, 8 runs and 6 wickets fell, this was the condition of the team which scored 264 in the last match.

IPL 2026 DC vs RCB Highlights: 27th April, Monday and Arun Jaitley Stadium of Delhi… Hardly anyone would have thought that the highest scorer of IPL 2026 Delhi Capitals (Delhi Capitals) Today it will create shameful history… This is the history of the lowest powerplay score ever in the Indian Premier League… Yes, you are listening right… DC’s batting faltered against RCB to such an extent that it could not recover till the end, at one time the team had lost 6 wickets for 8 runs in 23 balls.

Royal Challengers Bangalore K’s bowling wreaked such havoc on Delhi Capitals that it got recorded in the golden pages of history. In front of the fiery balls of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Delhi team was reduced to just 75 runs in 16.3 overs, which Bengaluru easily achieved by losing 1 wicket in just 6.3 overs i.e. 39 balls.

This is the second biggest win recorded in the run chase in IPL with most balls remaining. Earlier in 2018, Mumbai Indians had achieved the target of 68 runs with 87 balls remaining.

Win recorded with most balls remaining in IPL chase

• 87 – MI vs KKR, Wankhede, 2008 (Target: 68)
• 81 – RCB vs DC, Delhi, 2026 (Target: 76)
• 76 – KTK vs RR, Indore, 2021 (Target: 98)
• 73 – KXIP vs DC, Mohali, 2017 (Target: 68)
• 72 – SRH vs RCB, Brabourne, 2022 (Target: 69)

Hazlewood became ‘Player of the Match’

Hazlewood took 4 wickets for 12 runs in 3.3 overs. For this he was chosen Player of the Match. At the same time, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets for 5 runs in 3 overs, while Suyyash Sharma bowled 1 maiden in 4 overs and took 1 wicket for 7 runs. Apart from this, Rasikh Salam Dar and Krunal Pandya also got one wicket each.

How did Delhi’s innings falter?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave the first blow to Delhi on the very second ball of the first over, when he clean bowled debutant Sahil Parakh. At that time the team’s account was not even opened, after this, on the very first ball of the second over, KL Rahul also got caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma off the ball of Josh Hazlewood. Rahul scored 1 run. Sameer Rizvi also returned to the pavilion on the very next ball. In this way the team’s score became three wickets for 2 runs.

The process of DC wickets falling continued. On the first ball of the third over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar got Tristan Stubbs caught out by Devdutt Padikkal. Stubbs scored 5 runs in 3 balls with the help of 1 four. Captain Axar Patel was also out on the fourth ball of the same over. He could not even open his account. After this, Nitish Rana was caught by Devdutt Padikkal on the fifth ball of Josh Hazlewood in the fourth over. He scored 1 run on 9 balls. In this way the team lost 6 wickets for 8 runs in 23 balls.

Abhishek Porel scored the most runs for Delhi. He was clean bowled by Hazlewood after scoring 30 runs in 33 balls with the help of 3 fours. At the same time, Kyle Jameson scored 12 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six, while David Miller scored 19 runs in 18 balls with the help of 3 fours. Jameson was out LBW by Krunal Pandya, while Miller was caught by Jitesh Sharma on the ball of Rasikh. Kuldeep Yadav was clean bowled by Suyash Sharma.

Lowest powerplay (1-6 overs) score in IPL

• 13/6 – DC vs RCB, Delhi, 2026
• 14/2 – RR vs RCB, Cape Town, 2009
• 14/3 – SRH vs RR, Pune, 2022
• 15/2 – CSK vs KKR, Kolkata, 2011
• 16/1 – CSK vs DD, Raipur, 2015
• 16/1 – CSK vs RCB, Chennai, 2019

Teams that have been all out on scores of 75 or less most often in IPL

• 4 – RCB
• 3 – DC
• 2-RR
• 1 – KKR, KXIP, KTK

Bowler who has taken 3 wickets most number of times among fast bowlers in IPL

• 25 – Jasprit Bumrah
• 20 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• 19 – Lasith Malinga
• 17 – Harshal Patel

DC’s lowest all-out score in IPL

• 66 vs MI, Delhi, 2017 (2nd innings)
• 67 vs KXIP, Mohali, 2017 (1st innings)
• 75 vs RCB, Delhi, 2026 (1st innings)
• 80 vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2013 (1st innings)
• 82 vs CSK, Delhi, 2013 (2nd innings)

Lowest all-out score against RCB in IPL

• 58 – RR, Cape Town, 2009 (2nd innings)
• 59 – RR, Jaipur, 2023 (2nd innings)
• 75 – DC, Delhi, 2026 (1st innings)*
• 82 – Deccan, DY Patil, 2010 (1st innings)

RCB ended the match in the seventh over itself

RCB easily achieved the target of 76 runs set by DC on the third ball of the seventh over and registered a huge victory by 9 wickets. Jacob Bethel was out after scoring 20 runs in 11 balls. During this he hit 2 sixes and 1 four. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 23 runs in 15 balls and Devdutt Padikkal remained unbeaten on 34 runs in 13 balls. Kohli hit 2 sixes and 1 four in his innings, while Padikkal hit 3 sixes and 3 fours.

Most wins against one team in IPL

• 25 – MI vs KKR (36 matches)
• 21 – CSK vs RCB (36 matches)
• 21 – KKR vs PBKS (36 matches)
• 21 – MI vs CSK (39 matches)
• 21 – MI vs DC (38 matches)
• 21 – CSK vs KKR (32 matches)
• 21 – RCB vs DC (35 matches)

Virat Kohli created history

Virat Kohli created history. By completing 9000 runs in IPL, he has become the batsman who has scored the most runs against Delhi. Kohli now has 1172 runs against DC.

Most runs against one team in IPL

• 1174 – Virat Kohli vs CSK
• 1172 – Virat Kohli vs DC
• 1161 – Rohit Sharma vs KKR
• 1159 – Virat Kohli vs PBKS
• 1134 – David Warner vs PBKS