Who is Sahil Parakh, who made his IPL debut against RCB? Scored 109 unbeaten runs in 75 balls against Australia

Sahil Parakh IPL Debut in DC vs RCB Match: At Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Royal Challengers Bangalore (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) Has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Delhi Capitals (Delhi Capitals) Sahil Parakh made his IPL debut today, but he could not even open the account. Bhuvneshwar Kumar clean bowled him on the very second ball.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar said after winning the toss that it is a high-scoring ground, so it would be better to chase the target. Expressing confidence in the team’s form, he said that different players are performing well in different matches and the team wants to continue the same rhythm. Meanwhile, the captain of DC Axar Patel Admitted that if he had won the toss, he would have chosen to bowl first. Referring to the last match, he said that despite scoring 264 runs, we lost, the main reason for which was the catch drop. He also told that in this match, the team has made changes and included international fast bowlers Dushmantha Chameera and Kyle Jamieson, so that wickets can be taken in the powerplay.

Who is Sahil Parakh? (Sahil Parakh)

Sahil Parakh is a young and emerging cricketer from Maharashtra, who is an explosive left-handed opening batsman and part-time leg spinner. He was born on 7 June 2007 in Nashik, Maharashtra. He is just 18 years old.

Sahil made headlines by playing a stormy innings of 109 not out in just 75 balls against Australia in the Under-19 series in September 2024. Seeing his explosive batting ability, Delhi Capitals bought him in the IPL 2026 auction at a base price of Rs 30 lakh.

Sahil plays for ‘Eagle Nashik Titans’ in the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL), where he scored runs at a strike rate of more than 177. AndHe was injured when he was hit on the face by a ball during a practice session on April 25, 2026, but he made a wonderful recovery and returned to the field today. Sahil plays for Maharashtra team and India Under-19 at the domestic level. He has scored runs in a total of 9 T20 innings at an explosive strike rate of around 170+. His highest score has been 47 runs which he made in Maharashtra Premier League.

The playing eleven of both the teams in this match is as follows:

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI)

Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (captain), Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jameson, Kuldeep Yadav and T Natarajan.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI)

Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma, Rasikh Salaam Dar.

Now it will be interesting to see whether Delhi, batting first, is able to score a big score or RCB’s bowling is able to stop them. The match is fully expected to be high-scoring.