DC vs RR: Rajasthan ‘Bahal’! Akshar-Rahul’s innings ‘Mission Play Off continues’, Royals lose by 5 wickets

By Samira Vishwas On May 18, 2026

Rajasthan Royals target 194 runs to Delhi
Strong start from KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel

Tata IPL 2026 DC Vs RR Live Updates: Today, the match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals took place at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi. Rajasthan Royals scored 193 runs while batting first. Delhi (IPL 2026) Capitals were given a target of 194 runs. Abhishek Porel and KL Rahul have started well. Finally in this match, Delhi Capitals have defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. Hence the pleas of Rajasthan have increased. Delhi have shown that they are still in the play-off race.

Delhi Capitals batting

Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel entered the field to complete the target of 194 runs set by Rajasthan Royals. Both gave Delhi Capitals a good start. Abhishek Porel scored a brilliant half-century of 51 runs. He got out after scoring 51 runs. As soon as Porel got out, Sahil Parakh came in to play. KL Rahul scored a half century. He was dismissed for 56 runs. Sahil Parkh was dismissed for 9 runs. Tristan Stubbs is dismissed for 4 runs. David Miller was dismissed for 9 runs.

Rajasthan Royals bowling

The bowlers of Rajasthan Royals could not dismiss a single Delhi Capitals batsman till the end of 9 overs. Brijesh Sharma dismisses Porel. Dasun Shanaka dismisses KL Rahul. Jofra Archer took the wicket of Sahil Parkh. Tristan Stubbs is dismissed by Jofra Archer. Brijesh Sharma dismisses Miller.

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Rajasthan Royals batting
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi entered the field to play the opener for Rajasthan Royals. Yashasvi Jaiswal couldn’t play well today either. Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for 12 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has played a brilliant offensive innings. He gave Rajasthan a good start in the power play. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed for 46 runs. Rian Parag played the captaincy well. He was dismissed for 51 runs. Ravi Singh was dismissed for 4 runs. Shubham Dubey scored only 5 runs. Dharu Jurel also scored a brilliant half-century. Dasun Shanaka scored 10 runs.

Openers sailing along in the chase
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Bowling of Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals managed to get a single wicket in the power play. In the power play, he dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was prone to attack, by Lungi Ngidi. Vaibhav Suryavanshi who was on 46 runs was dismissed by Madhav Tiwari, a new bowler who was playing his first match. Mitchell Starc took the wickets of captain Ryan Parag and Ferreira. Also Mitchell Starc dismissed Ravi Singh. Shubham Dubela dismissed by Madhav Tiwary.

Delhi Capitals Team: K.L. Rahul (wicketkeeper), Pathum Nisanka, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Akshar Patel (captain), Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Kyle Jamieson / Lungi Engidi, T. Natarajan / Mukesh Kumar.

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Rajasthan Royals Team: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Bishnoi, Tusshar Deshpande, Jofra Archer, Nandre Berger, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shimran Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Yash Raj, Brijesh Sharma, Sandeep Sharma