DC Vs KKR Live: Delhi flounder at home ground; ‘Capitals’ Darathirthi; KKR need ‘so many’ runs

By Samira Vishwas On May 9, 2026

Ajinkya Rahane’s bowling decision
Pathum Nisanka’s brilliant half-century
Delhi lost 5 wickets on 100

Tata IPL 2026 KKR Vs DC Live Updates: The match between Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders is underway at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. Today’s match is going to be very important for both the teams. It will be imperative for both the teams to win to keep their hopes of making it to the playoffs alive. Meanwhile, Delhi batted first (KKR Vs DC) did. Delhi’s batting appeared to have collapsed. Finally, Delhi Capitals have given a target of 143 runs to KKR. Delhi bowlers will have to struggle to win the match.

Delhi Capitals batting

KKR invited Delhi Capitals to bat first. KL Rahul and Pathum Nisanka opened the innings for Delhi. But KL Rahul got out after scoring 23 runs in 14 balls. Then Nitish Rana who is in good form came to play. He was dismissed for 8 runs.

From 74/1 to 89/5
Led by their spinners, @KKRiders wreaking havoc on the #DC batting line-up
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After that, Sameer Rizvi, who played well and accurately in the first few matches, has failed in the last few matches. He also got out for just 3 runs. Stubbs, who won the match with a vital last-minute knock for Delhi, could not play well. He scored a total of 2 runs. But opener Pathum Nisanka tried to revive Delhi’s innings. He scored a half century. He was dismissed for 50 runs. Skipper Akshar Patel was dismissed for 11 runs. Ashutosh Sharma played an important knock of 39 runs. Mitchell Starc is run out.

KKR batting

KKR’s bowlers did not allow the batsmen to play freely. Delhi won 5 important wickets within 100 runs. A friendly Roy took the wickets of Pathum Nisanka and Stubbs. Then Karthik Tyagi took the wicket of KL Rahul. Sunil Narine took the wicket of Sameer Rizvi. Nitish Rana dismissed by Cameron Green. Karthik Tyagi took two important wickets.

Delhi Capitals Probable Team: Sahil Parakh, K.L. Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Akshar Patel (captain), Mitchell Starc / Dushmantha Chamira, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Yadav, T. Natarajan.

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Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain) and Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Bhava Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Umran Malik and Suyesh Sharma (Impact Player).