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IPL 2026: DC reigns supreme in the capital, defeats Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets, Akshar Patel plays captaincy innings

By Samira Vishwas

RR vs DC IPL 2026 Match 62nd Highlight: The 62nd match of IPL 2026 was played between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals in the capital Delhi. DC won this match against RR by .. wickets. Earlier, captain Akshar Patel won the toss and invited Rajasthan to bat first. At one time it seemed that the Rajasthan Royals team would easily cross the 200-run mark, but the DC bowlers, led by Akshar Patel, performed brilliantly and restricted Rajasthan to 193 runs. After this, due to the excellent performance of KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel in batting, the team achieved the target without losing a wicket and with balls remaining.

When captain Riyan Parag was out, the 15th over was going on and the score was 160+. After the dismissal of Riyan Parag, RR batsmen could not score runs at the right pace. The result of which was that the team could not touch the 200-run mark. Lungi Edgini, Madhav Tiwari and captain Akshar Patel displayed economical bowling for Delhi Capitals.

Axar Patel played match winning innings

In this victory for Delhi Capitals, captain Akshar Patel played an important role with the bat as well as with the ball. After KL Rahul was out, he remained on the field till DC won. He scored an unbeaten and important 34 runs in 18 balls with a strike rate of 188. Apart from this, impact player Ashutosh Sharma also played a short but match-winning inning of 18 runs in 5 balls.

Earlier, Abhishek Porel played a half-century of 51 runs in 31 balls. Whereas, KL Rahul scored 56 runs in 42 balls. In bowling for Rajasthan, Joffra Archer and Brijesh Sharma took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Dasun Shanaka got 1 wicket.

Strong performance by Delhi bowlers

For Rajasthan Royals, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and captain Riyan Parag gave a bright start to the team. RR touched the 150-run mark in 13 overs, but as soon as captain Riyan Parag was out, Delhi Capitals bowlers strengthened their hold on the match. Mitchell Starc took maximum 4 wickets for Delhi. At the same time, captain Akshar Patel, Lungi Edgini and Madhav Tiwari displayed economical bowling and made the batsmen yearn for runs.

lungi ngidi He took 2 wickets in 4 overs at an economy of just 6 runs. At the same time, young bowler Madhav Tiwari also made 2 batsmen his victims by giving runs at an economy of 6.80. Although captain Akshar Patel did not get a wicket in the match, he managed to stop RR’s run rate by conceding only 31 runs in 4 overs.

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Rajasthan Royals batting

15 year old batsman once again for Rajasthan Vaibhav Suryavanshi Batted in a fast-paced style. He scored 46 runs in 21 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours. At the same time, captain Riyan Parag played an innings of 53 runs in 26 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours. Apart from this, Dhruv Jurel scored 53 runs in 40 balls. Apart from these three, none of the RR batsmen failed to score big runs.

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