DC Vs RCB, IPL 2026: Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Raze Capitals' Top-Order To Engineer Nine-Wicket Thrashing

Seasoned pacers Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar combined to shoot out Delhi Capitals (DC) for a lowly 75 and guide defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to an emphatic nine-wicket win in match 39 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday (April 27).

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Delhi had posted a towering 264-run total against league leaders Punjab Kings on Saturday, but two days later were skittled for their third lowest total ever. Hazlewood returned figures of 4-12 and Bhuvneshwar 3-5.

“I still cannot understand what happened,” Delhi captain Axar Patel said at the post-match presentation. “In cricket … you cannot take it easy for even one day."

The Royal Challengers avenged their home defeat to the Capitals by cruising to 77-1 in 6.3 overs. Along the way, Virat Kohli, the only man to pass 8,000 IPL runs, crossed the 9,000 landmark with an unbeaten 23.

Kohli capped a perfect night for RCB as he raised the victory with consecutive sixes against T Natarajan. Devdutt Padikkal also hurried the run chase with a 34 not out off just 13 balls that included two sixes and two fours in Kyle Jamieson's one over.

“Even I am surprised (at how the game went),” Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said.

Earlier, Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar destroyed the Delhi top-order with impressive swing bowling and inch-perfect yorkers. The home team slumped to eight runs for six wickets within the first 23 balls of the game.

Impact player Abishek Porel top-scored with 30 and helped Delhi somehow surpass their previous lowest total of 66 from 2017.

“When that ball was nice and hard, it was tough to bat,” Hazlewood said. “(Last year) we summed up conditions quickly and adapted our games. Feel like we are hitting our straps again at the right time.”

Bhuvneshwar’s searing yorker uprooted debutant Sahil Parakh’s middle stump off the second ball and Hazlewood made it 3-2 with the wickets of Saturday centurion KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi off successive balls.

The Capitals lost half their side in the space of 16 balls with just five runs on the board when Bhuvneshwar found the edges of Tristan Stubbs and Patel. Hazlewood completed the top-order demolition when Nitish Rana gloved a catch in the fourth over to wide slip.

RCB stayed second in the table after six wins from eight games, while DC stood seventh with three victories and five losses.

DC Vs RCB, IPL 2026: Toss Update

RCB skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and elected to bowl first. His opposite number Axar Patel said he would have fielded too.

The Capitals included Kyle Jamieson, Dushmantha Chameera and Sahil Parakh in their playing XI, while RCB fielded an unchanged side.

DC Vs RCB, IPL 2026: Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar

Delhi Capitals: Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Kyle Jamieson

Delhi Capitals Impact Sub: Abishek Porel

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Sub: Jacob Bethell