Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in a thrilling match. Won by scoring 15 runs in the last over, while KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs scored brilliant half-centuries.
IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals registered a spectacular victory by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets in a very exciting match of Indian Premier 2026. The match was decided in the last over, where Delhi needed 15 runs to win and the team achieved the target with one ball to spare.
Thrill of the last over: Miller becomes the hero
David Miller was the hero of Delhi’s victory, who finished the match with brilliant batting in the pressure-filled last over. He led the team to victory by hitting two consecutive sixes and one four.
Miller scored unbeaten 22 runs in just 10 balls and this innings proved to be the turning point of the match. His aggressive batting filled the audience with excitement.
RCB innings: Salt’s fifty, but the team faltered
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 175 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Phil Salt batted brilliantly on behalf of the team and scored 63 runs on 38 balls. This was his second half-century innings this season.
There was a partnership of 52 runs for the first wicket between Salt and Virat Kohli, which gave a strong start to the team. However, after this the middle order kept losing wickets continuously.
Among other batsmen, Tim David contributed 26 runs, Kohli contributed 19 runs and Devdutt Padikkal contributed 18 runs. In the end the team managed to reach 175 runs, which was a competitive score.
Delhi had a bad start, then the innings got better.
Delhi Capitals, which set out to chase the target of 176 runs, did not have a good start. The team lost 3 wickets within the powerplay itself.
RCB fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled brilliantly and took the first three wickets and put Delhi under pressure.
But after this KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs took over the innings. There was an important partnership of 69 runs between the two for the fourth wicket, which brought the team back into the match.
Rahul batted with restraint and completed his half-century, while Stubbs scored an unbeaten 60 in an aggressive manner.
Delhi’s balanced performance in bowling
Delhi bowlers also performed balanced. Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Lungi Ngidi played an important role in limiting RCB’s batting by taking 2 wickets each.
Mukesh Kumar got one wicket, while one batsman was run out. This collective bowling performance helped Delhi restrict the opposition within the target.
Impact on points table
With this win, Delhi Capitals registered their third win in the tournament and reached fourth place in the points table.
At the same time, Royal Challengers Bangalore remains in second place with 8 points, although this defeat has affected their lead.
match analysis
This match was a great example of the thrill of cricket. At one time Delhi was under complete pressure, but the middle-order partnership and finally Miller’s explosive innings changed the course of the match.
On the other hand, RCB, despite a good start, did not maintain the run pace in the middle overs, which resulted in their defeat.
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