KKR Vs DC Highlights, IPL 2026: Capitals Blow Knight Riders Away By 40 Runs In Last Group Game

Hello cricket fans! Welcome to the live coverage of match 70 of IPL 2026 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals at Eden Gardens. Stay tuned for the live score and play-by-play updates of the match here.

Match: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Capitals

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Day & Time: May 24, 7:30pm IST

Standings: KKR (6th), DC (8th)

The final league match of IPL 2026 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and will be streamed live on the Jio Hotstar app in India. The live action will start at 7:30pm IST.

Rajasthan Royals is up against Mumbai Indians in the day game of IPL 2026 today. It is one of the most important matches of the tournament as apart from RR, the fate of PBKS and KKR also lies on the outcome of this match.

PBKS have played all their matches and have finished at 15 points, while KKR can also go to maximum 15 points. But if RR manage to beat MI, they'll go to 16 points and will becomes the last team to qualify for playoffs, eliminating both KKR and PBKS.

This will be another close contest between two teams have struggled with bat and ball the entire campaign. KKR have been given 55% chance of winning tonight's match by Google, whereas DC have been handed 45% chance of winning. 

Matches: 36

KKR: 20

DC: 15

No Result: 1

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Delhi Capitals.

Delhi Capitals start the innings on a positive note as Abishek Porel slams two boundaries to get runs from the first over. DC are heavily dependent on the opening partnership of KL Rahul and Porel, if they want to go to a big first innings total.

DC 10/0 (1)

It was a disciplined start for Kolkata until KL Rahul unleashed himself and smacked a beautiful six and a boundary to take 14 runs from the third over. Rahul has been DC's mainstay with the bat throughout the tournament and is again proving his worth for them.

DC 26/0 (3)

Sahil Parekh slams Sunil Narine for a six and a boundary to take 11 runs from the over as Delhi race past 50 runs in the powerplay. Meanwhile, they lost the wicket of Abishek Porel for 22 but they have got off to a fine start in the powerplay.

DC 53/1 (6)

Just as the partnership was looking threatening, Sunil Narine tricks Sahil Parekh to get him caught in the 30-year circle. Parekh gets out after scoring 24 off 17 balls and Axar Patel makes his way to the crease to join the well-settled KL Rahul (39*).

DC 88/2 (10)

KL Rahul has brought up his half-century in just 25 balls to get Delhi Capitals to a strong position in the final league match of IPL 2026. Rahul took KKR bowlers to all parts of the ground and played some eye-candy shots to get DC fans going. Danger signs for KKR as both Rahul and Axar Patel are looking good at the crease.

DC 114/2 (12)

KL Rahul was looking in fine touch until he plays a casual shot to an Anukul Roy's delivery outside off stump. Rahul got out after blazing a 30-ball 60 and has build a strong base for later batters to capitalize on. David Miller joins skipper Axar Patel in the middle and will be an important cog if DC want to get to a big first innings total.

DC 140/3 (15)

Axar Patel hammered Varun Chakravarthy for two sixes to take 17 runs from the over but the mystery spinner made a comeback to take the wicket of Axar Patel for 39. Ashutosh Sharma has joined David Miller in the middle in the slog overs.

DC 167/4 (17)

David Miller slams Saurabh Dubey for two sixes in the final over to take 16 runs from the over and get Delhi to 203/5 in 20 overs. KL Rahul was the mainstay of DC's batting, smashing 60 runs off just 30 balls to build a solid base with Axar Patel (39) and David Miller (28) capitalizing on it to take their team to a solid first innings score.

DC 203/5 (20)

Mitchell Starc started things well for DC with the ball, giving away just 5 runs in the first over against Finn Allen and Ajinkya Rahane. KKR need to get a got start by their top-order in the powerplay, if they want to stay ahead in the chase.

KKR 5/0 (1)

Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen have got KKR to a brisk start, taking down DC pacers for fun. Auqib Nabi gives 17 runs from the 4th over as KKR get to 43 runs, without losing any wicket.

KKR 43/0 (4)

Madhav Tiwari drifts one onto the shorter side around middle and leg, and Manish Pandey is quick to cash in, shuffles across, gets inside the line and whips it powerfully across the arc, timing it cleanly as it races away for four.

Just as it was looking that KKR are cruising towards the target, Ajinkya Rahane mistimes a fuller ball of Kuldeep Yadav to long-off fielder and on the subsequent ball Rinku Singh also gives an easy catch to the wide long-off fielder to put KKR on backfoot.

Delhi Capitals turned the match on its head with back-to-back wickets in an over. First Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets on consecutive balls, then three wickets fell in a single over of Mitchell Starc including that of Rovman Powell which turned the match completely in DC's favor. KKR have magically lost seven wickets in the last three overs.

Lungi Ngidi dismisses Varun Chakravarthy to finish off things at the Eden Gardens. DC beat KKR by 40 runs in a one-sided manner and bundle KKR at 163 in response to 203 runs. With win win DC finish at the 6th spot, while KKR at 7th.

That's a wrap from our end. We'll be back soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.