Watch the highlights of DC vs RCB - The 39th match of the 2026 IPL (Indian Premier League) Twenty20 cricket tournament between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on April 27, 2026.
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| Josh Hazlewood struck with his first two deliveries © IPL / IPLT20 |
A devastating bowling by Josh Hazlewood's 4 for 12 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 3 for 5 sets up to Royal Challengers Bengaluru comfortable 9-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals and stay second position on the points table in a one-sided 39th match of a Indian Premier League.
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- Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 9-wicket win was their joint fifth largest victory by terms of wickets remaining in Indian Premier League, it is their 11th time win by nine wickets and second time RCB had defeated Delhi Capitals by nine or more wickets in IPL.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 81-balls spare win was their largest victory by terms of balls remaining in Indian Premier League, previous biggest win by terms-of-balls remaining was 71-balls against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) at Indore in the 2018 IPL edition and the second biggest win by terms-of-balls remaining in IPL after Mumbai Indians' 87-balls spare win against Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the inaugural 2008 IPL edition.
- Delhi Capitals' 13 for 6 was the lowest powerplay total in Indian Premier League history (powerplay of 6-overs), previous lowest-powerplay-total was 14 for 2 by Rajasthan Royals against RCB at Cape Town in the 2009 IPL edition and 14 for 3 by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals at Pune in the 2022 IPL season.
- This is the first instance of 5 wickets fell in the first 16 balls in IPL history.
- Delhi Capitals lost their top six batsmen wickets for just 8-runs - The worst first six-wicket collapse in IPL history, Coincidentally, The previous worst first-six-wicket collapse was 6 for 11-runs by Kochi Tuskers Kerala against Deccan Chargers at Kochi on this day in the 2011 IPL edition.
- Delhi Capitals' 75 was their third lowest score in a completed innings in Indian Premier League and It is their lowest-score against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL, previous lowest was 95 at Delhi on April 26, 2015.
- Delhi Capitals' 75 was their second lowest total at Delhi in IPL after their worst-total of 66 against Mumbai Indians in the 2017 IPL edition.
- Josh Hazlewood's 4 for 12 was the seventh best bowling figures for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Indian Premier League and the second best-bowling-figures by an RCB bowler against Delhi Capitals in IPL after Jaydev Unadkat's 5 for 25 also at same venue in 2013.
- Virat Kohli became the first player to reach 9000 runs landmark in IPL history.
- 152 : This is the eighth lowest aggregate match in Indian Premier League.
- 152 - Runs scored between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Delhi, the lowest runs aggregate match between DC vs RCB in IPL, previous lowest-runs-aggregate match was 189-runs at Bengaluru in the 2015 IPL edition.
- This is the 11th time Delhi Capitals have been bowled out for under 100 runs in the IPL - The most by any team bowled out below 100 runs in the IPL. RCB had 7 times and RR with 6 times.
- This is the eighth time RCB dismissed their opponents for below 100 runs in the IPL - The most by any team dismissed their opponents under 100 runs in the IPL, beating Mumbai Indians' record of 7-times.
- Delhi Capitals' top six batsmen added just 7 runs against RCB - The second lowest runs added by any team's top six batsmen in an innings in IPL after Kochi Tuskers Kerala's six batsmen added 4-runs against Deccan Chargers at Kochi in 2011.
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DC bundled out for 75 in 16.3 overs with top scorer by Abishek Porel cracked a 30 off 33-balls including 3-fours.
David Miller struck 19 off 18-balls including three-fours and Kyle Jamieson hit 12 off 13-balls contained one-six & a four.
RCB best bowler by Josh Hazlewood claimed a career-best 4-wickets, Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 3-wickets for 5-runs It 3-overs with economy rate of 1.66.
Suyash Sharma picked up 1-wicket for 7-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 1.75, Krunal Pandya and Rasikh Salam both took one-wickets.
RCB chase down the target of 76, finishing at 77 for 1 in 6.3 overs with top scorer by Devdutt Padikkal hammered a unbeaten 34 off 13-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 261.53.
Virat Kohli blasted a unbeaten 23 off 15-balls including 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 153.33 and Jacob Bethell hit 20 off 11-balls contained two-sixes & a four with strike-rate of 181.81.
DC best bowler by Kyle Jamieson took 1-wicket for 42-runs in 3-overs.
Josh Hazlewood named Player of the match for his devastating bowling attack to claimed a career-best 4-wickets for 12-runs in 3.3-overs with economy rate of 3.42.
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