RCB has defeated Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match with 81 balls remaining. Delhi Capitals team was bundled out for 75 runs in front of the lethal bowling of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In reply, RCB won the match in 6.3 overs. Virat Kohli also completed 9 thousand runs in IPL. Virat returned unbeaten on 23 runs in 15 balls and Devdutt Padikkal returned unbeaten on 34 runs in 13 balls. Whereas Jacob Bethel scored 20 runs in 11 balls. Earlier, in bowling, Hazlewood took four wickets and Bhuvi took three wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets in the 39th match of IPL 2026. While chasing the run, Bengaluru won in just 6.3 overs i.e. the team won in 13.3 overs already. Delhi, who came to bat first in the match, was all out for just 75 runs in 16.3 overs. While chasing, Devdutt Padikkal played the biggest innings of 34* runs for RCB by hitting 3 fours and 3 sixes in 13 balls. In the same match, Virat Kohli crossed the mark of 9000 runs.

Virat Kohli’s 9 thousand runs in IPL

After scoring 11 runs against Delhi Capitals, King Kohli has completed 9 thousand runs in IPL. He has become the first batsman to score 9000 runs in IPL. The audience stood up and applauded this historic achievement of Virat. The record of scoring most runs in IPL is already in the name of Virat Kohli.

Who is Sahil Parakh: In the 39th league match of IPL 2026, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore are on the field. For the match, Delhi has made a big change in the playing 11 and has given a chance to young batsman Sahil Parakh. Sri Lankan top order batsman Pathum Nissanka has been dropped from the team. But do you know that just a few days ago (April 24) Sahil was badly injured. Believe me, Sahil had defeated death. Now he has got a chance to make his IPL debut.

On April 24, news came that Sahil was injured on his face during practice at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. After this, an ambulance had to be called on the field to take him to the hospital. Now after just three days he has got a big responsibility. So let us know who Sahil Parakh is.

Who is Sahil Parakh?

Sahil comes from Nashik, Maharashtra. He was born on June 7, 2007. His age is 18 years. Sahil is a top order batsman. Sahil is a part of India’s Under-19 team. He played an inning of 109 runs in 75 balls against Australia Under-19 in 2024. Apart from this, Sahil had made headlines by his explosive batting in the Maharashtra Premier League.

Sahil’s brilliant performance in Maharashtra Premier League

Sahil was seen playing for Eagle Titans Nashik in the 2025 Maharashtra Premier League. He batted aggressively in the season and scored 202 runs at a strike rate of 177.19.

Sahil was bought by Delhi for a price of Rs 30 lakh in the mini auction held for IPL 2026.

Played only 2 T20s

Sahil, who is recorded in the record, has played only 2 T20 matches so far. He played this match for Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In this, one match was against Goa and one against UP. However, Sahil could not do anything special in both the matches. He scored a total of 24 runs in 2 matches, in which the high score was 18 runs.

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IPL Lowest Powerplay Score, Delhi Capitals: The 39th league match of IPL 2026 is being played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In the match, Bengaluru won the toss and decided to bowl. Delhi, who came out to bat first, registered the record of making the lowest score in the powerplay in IPL history. In the powerplay i.e. the first 6 overs, Delhi could score only 13 runs at the loss of 6 wickets.

Earlier, the smallest powerplay score in the history of IPL was 14 runs. Twice the score was 14-14 runs in the power play. In 2022, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 14/3 in the powerplay against Rajasthan Royals. Earlier in 2009, Rajasthan Royals had scored 14/2 in the powerplay against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Now in this list, Delhi Capitals team has come at the first position with 13 runs.

Lowest powerplay score in IPL history

• Delhi Capitals- 13/6 runs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi (2026)
• Rajasthan Royals- 14/2 runs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Cape Town (2009)
• Sunrisers Hyderabad- 14/3 runs vs Rajasthan Royals, Pune (2022)
• Chennai Super Kings- 15/2 runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Kolkata (2011)
• Chennai Super Kings- 16/1 runs vs Delhi Capitals, Raipur (2015).

Which 6 batsmen were out in the powerplay?

Delhi got its first blow in the form of IPL debutant Sahil Parakh, who was sent to the pavilion for a duck by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. After this, the next wicket fell in the form of KL Rahul, who was sent to the pavilion by Josh Hazlewood on the score of just 01 run. Then Sameer Rizvi was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood on a golden duck.

After this Delhi lost the fourth wicket in the form of Tristan Stubbs. Stubbs was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who could score only 05 runs. The team lost the fifth wicket in the form of captain Akshar Patel. The captain returned to the pavilion without opening his account. The sixth wicket fell in the form of Nitish Rana, who scored only 01 run in 9 balls.

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IPL 2026 DC vs RCB 1st Innings Highlights: Batting first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 39th match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals got all out for just 75 runs in 16.3 overs. This was the smallest total of the season. Bengaluru’s bowlers wreaked havoc at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, reducing Delhi’s 6 wickets at the score of just 13 runs in the powerplay. This was the lowest score in IPL history in powerplay. Josh Hazlewood took maximum 4 wickets for RCB. Abhishek Porel, who came as an impact player for Delhi, played the biggest innings by scoring 30 runs in 33 balls.

In the match, Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl. After the first innings, this decision of RCB seemed to be successful to a great extent. In the run chase, the team will have to score 76 runs to win.

6 wickets had fallen for just 8 runs

Delhi had lost 6 wickets on the score of just 08 runs. The first blow to the team came in the form of debutant Sahil Parakh, who was out without opening the account. The second wicket came in the form of KL Rahul, who could score only 01 run. The third wicket went to Sameer Rizvi, who was out on a golden duck.

Similarly, the caravan of falling wickets moved forward and Delhi lost the fourth wicket in the form of Tristan Stubbs (05). The fifth blow came in the form of captain Akshar Patel. Akshar was out without opening the account. After this, the sixth wicket was taken in the form of Nitish Rana at the score of 8 runs. Nitish scored 01 run in 9 balls.

Runs scored for the seventh wicket, then the team scattered

David Miller and Abhishek Porel made a partnership of 35 runs (31 balls) for the seventh wicket, due to which the team could cross the 70-run mark. This partnership ended with the wicket of Miller. Miller scored 19 runs in 18 balls with 3 more fours. Then the team lost the eighth wicket in the form of Kyle Jameson (12). The ninth wicket fell in the form of Kuldeep Yadav (03). The tenth and final wicket fell in the form of Abhishek Porel on the score of 75 runs.

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IPL 2026 DC vs RCB Full Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by 9 wickets in the 39th match of IPL 2026. While chasing the run, Bengaluru won in just 6.3 overs i.e. the team won in 13.3 overs already. Delhi, who came to bat first in the match, was all out for just 75 runs in 16.3 overs. While chasing, Devdutt Padikkal played the biggest innings of 34* runs for RCB by hitting 3 fours and 3 sixes in 13 balls. In the same match, Virat Kohli crossed the mark of 9000 IPL runs.

In the match, Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl, which proved to be absolutely right. The Bengaluru bowlers did not let Delhi, who came to bat first, even touch the score of 100 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took maximum 4 wickets for Bengaluru. Apart from this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets in his name. Hazlewood gave 12 runs in 3.3 overs. Whereas Bhuvi gave only 5 runs in 3 overs.

Delhi made the lowest score of power play

Delhi, which batted first, set the record of scoring the lowest total of runs in the par-play. The team could score only 13 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets in the first 6 overs. Earlier, the smallest total in powerplay was 14 runs.

6 wickets had fallen for just 08 runs

Delhi had lost 6 wickets on the score of just 08 runs. During this period the team lost the wickets of many stalwarts. These included the names of Sahil Parakh, KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Akshar Patel and Nitish Rana.

Bangalore’s one-sided chase

While chasing, Bengaluru lost only one wicket in the form of Jacob Bethal. Bethal scored 20 runs in 20 balls by hitting 1 four and 2 sixes. Then Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal made a partnership of 51* runs in 22 balls for the second wicket and made the team cross the victory line.

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IPL 2026 DC vs RCB Who Will Win: In IPL 2026, the match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be played today i.e. on Monday (27 April). This will be the 39th match of the season, which will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from 7:30 pm. Delhi would definitely like to strengthen its position through the match on home ground. In the last match against Punjab, Delhi had faced defeat even after scoring a total of 264 runs.

On the other hand, RCB would like to register its sixth win. Both the teams have played 7-7 matches. In these matches, Delhi won 3 and lost 4. Whereas Bengaluru has won 5 matches and lost only 2. In such a situation, let us know which team can win in today’s match.

Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Head to Head

So far 34 matches have been played between Delhi and Bangalore. In these matches, Bengaluru has taken the lead and has won 20. Delhi has won 13 matches. The remaining match between the two remained inconclusive. Let us tell you that this will be the second clash between the two in the season. The first match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, in which Delhi won by 6 wickets.

Who will win today?

Now the question is arising that which team can win in today’s match. So see, Bengaluru is far ahead in head to head. Apart from this, Bengaluru’s performance in the season is also better than Delhi. However, Delhi has a big advantage that they have defeated Bengaluru in the season. However, our prediction meter still says that Royal Challengers Bangalore can win today’s match.

Delhi Capitals squad

Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, David Miller, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Oqib Nabi Dar, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, Kyle Jamieson, Rehan Ahmed, Prithvi Shaw, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Tripura Vijay, Abhishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Madhav Tiwari.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad

Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salaam Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer, Philip Salt, Jacob Duffy, Nuwan Thushara, Abhinandan. Singh, Swapnil Singh, Vihaan Malhotra, Kanishk Chauhan, Satwik Deswal.

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Will Lungi Ngidi Today Against RCB: Today (April 27), the 39th league match of IPL 2026 between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be held at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The match will start at 7:30 pm. But before that the question is arising whether Delhi fast bowler Lungi Ngidi will play in the match today or not? Let us tell you that in the last match played against Punjab Kings, Ngidi suffered a serious head injury.

After the injury, an ambulance was called to the Arun Jaitley Stadium for Ngidi. The African fast bowler was injured while trying to take a catch. He had fallen upside down on his head. After the injury, Ngidi was first given treatment on the field. When the situation went out of control, he was immediately taken to the hospital. In the update that came out some time after the injury, it was told that he did not suffer any serious injury.

Will Lungi Ngidi play against RCB today?

The question still remains whether Ngidi will play against RCB today or not? No update has been shared by the franchise on his playing. However, the thing to note is that he has been discharged from the hospital. But still it is difficult to play them. More caution is taken in head and neck injuries.

However, it was also told in the reports that Ngidi has also reached the hotel with the team. Now it will be interesting to see that if Ngidi does not play, then who does the franchise give a chance in his place.

Lungi Ngidi’s performance in the season

Ngidi has played 7 matches in the season so far. While bowling in 6 innings of these matches, he has taken 7 wickets at an average of 29.42, in which the best figure was 3/27. He has troubled the batsmen a lot with his slower bowling. In a season where the bowlers are being beaten heavily, Ngidi has spent runs at an economy of only 8.70.

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Today in IPL 2026 there is a match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both the teams will clash at Delhi’s home ground Arun Jaitley Stadium. Both the teams will clash for the second time this season. Earlier, both the teams had played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where Delhi had won. In such a situation, now RCB will take the field with the intention of taking revenge.

Talking about the points table, RCB is at second place. Rajat Patidar’s team has won five out of seven matches so far. Whereas Delhi Capitals is at seventh place in the points table. Delhi team has so far won only three matches in seven matches. Delhi could not defend 264 runs against Punjab Kings on their home ground. She had lost the last match. Whereas RCB had won in the last match.

Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi is suitable for the batsmen. It rains runs here. More than 500 runs were scored here in the match between Punjab and Delhi. Punjab had chased the historic run of 265 runs. Once again a high scoring match can be seen here.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that RCB has the upper hand in this match. Delhi will play on its home ground, but RCB has more chances of victory. It is an evening match. In such a situation, the toss is going to be very important. The team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

Probable playing eleven of Delhi Capitals- Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Kyle Jamieson/Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar and T Natarajan.

Impact Player- Aaqib Nabi Dar/Viparaj Nigam/Ashutosh Sharma

Probable playing eleven of RCB- Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Dar Salaam and Josh Hazlewood.

Impact Player- Suyash Sharma

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Virat Kohli can create history today (April 27) by scoring just 11 runs in the 39th match of IPL 2026 against Delhi Capitals. With this record, legends like Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni will be left far away. Let us tell you that Kohli is currently the highest run-scorer batsman in IPL history.

After scoring 11 runs, Kohli will have the biggest record in his name.

Actually, Kohli needs only 11 runs to touch the 9000 run mark in his IPL career. If he scores 11 runs in today’s match against Delhi, Kohli will become the first batsman to touch this figure in the tournament. In this way Kohli will make the biggest record in his name. The thing to note is that on one hand Kohli is close to touching the figure of 9 thousand runs, on the other hand no other batsman in the history of the tournament has been able to touch even the figure of 8 thousand runs.

Even in the current season, Kohli’s bat is speaking volumes. He has scored 328 runs in 7 innings of 7 matches at an average of 54.67 and strike rate of 163.18, which includes 3 half-centuries. Kohli is at fifth position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs.

Batsman who scored most runs in IPL

• Virat Kohli- 8989 runs (274 matches)
• Rohit Sharma- 7183 runs (276 matches)
• Shikhar Dhawan- 6769 runs (222 matches)
• David Warner- 6565 runs (184 matches)
• KL Rahul- 5579 runs (152 matches)

Virat Kohli’s IPL career

Kohli has played 274 matches in his IPL career so far. Batting in 266 innings of these matches, he has scored 8989 runs at an average of 39.95 and strike rate of 133.76. During this period, he has scored 8 centuries and 66 half-centuries, in which the high score was 113*. Let us tell you that Kohli is among those selected players, who are playing in IPL since the first season i.e. 2008. Right from the beginning, Kohli has kept himself on top in terms of scoring runs continuously.

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Lizelle Lee (wicketkeeper), Shafali Verma, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues (captain), Marizanne Kapp, Chinelle Henry, Nikki Prasad, Sneh Rana, Minnu Mani, Shree Charani, Nandini Sharma.