IPL 2026 DC vs RR: After KL Rahul-Abhishek, captain Akshar-Ashutosh was brilliant, Delhi defeated Rajasthan by 5 wickets

By Samira Vishwas On May 17, 2026

IPL 2026: In the 62nd match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Capitals achieved the target of 194 runs given by Rajasthan Royals by losing 5 wickets with 4 balls remaining. For Delhi Capitals, KL Rahul scored 56 runs and Abhishek Porel scored 51 runs.

KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel gave a good start to Delhi Capitals

KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel started the innings of Delhi Capitals while chasing the target of 194 runs. Both the openers gave a great start to Delhi, but then Brijesh Sharma gave the first success to Delhi Capitals by dismissing Abhishek Porel. Porel scored 35 runs on 31 balls. There was a partnership of 105 runs for the first wicket between Rahul and Porel.

KL Rahul played an inning of 56 runs

After this, Joffra Archer gave the second blow to Delhi Capitals on the score of 122 runs. He showed Sahil Parakh the way to the pavilion. Sahil Parakh scored 9 runs on 8 balls, but after this, Dasun Shanaka gave a big success to Rajasthan Royals by dismissing KL Rahul, then Joffra Archer gave the fourth blow to Delhi by dismissing Tristan Stubbs. Tristan Stubbs scored only 4 runs. After this, David Miller became the victim of Brijesh Sharma after scoring 9 runs.

Rajasthan Royals’ batting was like this

In this match against Delhi Capitals, after losing the toss and batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 193 runs for 8 wickets. For the team, wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel played an inning of 53 runs in 40 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Riyan Parag scored 51 runs with the help of 26 balls, 3 fours and 5 sixes. Whereas Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an inning of 46 runs in 21 balls. Mitchell Starc took 4 wickets for Delhi Capitals. Apart from this, Lungi Ngidi and Madhav Tiwari got 2 successes each.

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