After Mitchell Starc’s four wickets, with the help of aggressive innings by Axar Patel and Ashutosh Sharma in the last overs, Delhi Capitals kept the playoff hopes alive by defeating Rajasthan Royals by five wickets in the IPL match on Sunday.

Chasing the target of 194 runs to win, Delhi needed 19 runs in the last two overs and Impact sub Ashutosh gave the team victory by hitting a six to Brijesh Sharma in the 19th over and a four and a six to Adam Milne in the first two balls of the last over. Akshar remained unbeaten on 34 runs in 18 balls and Ashutosh remained unbeaten on 18 runs in five balls.

After this win, Delhi has moved to seventh position with 12 points in 13 matches, while Royals have slipped to sixth position with 12 points in 12 matches. Chennai Super Kings also have 12 points in 12 matches but on the basis of better run rate, they are in fifth place.

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Earlier, with the help of Starc’s three wickets in four balls, Delhi made a comeback in the last overs and restricted Rajasthan Royals to 193 runs for eight wickets in the last match of this season on their home ground.

At one time it seemed that the Royals would reach around 230 but Australian seam and swing master Starc, who was playing aggressively, dismissed Royals captain Ryan Parag (51 in 26 balls) and Donovan Ferreira (0) on consecutive balls in the 15th over, while Ravi Singh (4) was also out LBW.

The score of Royals was 160 runs for two wickets after the 14th over and it seemed that the team would reach around 230 but in the last six overs only 33 runs were scored and six wickets fell. Starc took four wickets for 40 runs in four overs, Lungi Ngidi took two wickets for 24 runs in four overs and Madhav Tiwari took two wickets for 27 runs.

Starc’s fourth victim became Dasun Shanaka (10) who returned after being caught by Tristan Stubbs in the 19th over.

In reply, Delhi had a good start and KL Rahul (56 in 42 balls) along with Abhishek Porel (50 runs in 30 balls) added 105 runs in 60 balls in the first wicket partnership. Yashraj Punja gave life to Rahul in the very first over on the ball of Archer. Royals’ fielding was of very average level and along with giving away unnecessary runs in overthrows, its fielders also dropped catches.

This partnership was broken by Brijesh Sharma who had Porel caught by Donovan Ferreira in the 11th over. Rahul was bowled by Dasun Shanaka. Rahul, who has scored more than 500 runs in this season, played a very slow innings. Delhi needed 35 runs in the last three overs and Royals captain Riyag Parag gave the 18th over to Donovan Perera who gave 16 runs. David Miller and Akshar Patel hit him for sixes.

Earlier, apart from Parag, ‘Wonder Boy’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi (46 runs in 21 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (53 runs in 40 balls) played useful innings for the Royals. A large number of spectators had come to the Arun Jaitley Stadium to see Suryavanshi, who was in excellent form in this season of IPL, and this young batsman did not disappoint them.

However, Yashasvi Jaiswal faced Starc in the first over and hit him for fours at forward square leg, straight and extra cover. Suryavanshi opened the account by hitting a six on the first ball of Lungi Engidi. However, in the same over, Jaiswal (12 runs in nine balls) returned to the pavilion and was caught by Starc.

Starc was welcomed by Suryavanshi in the next over with a four over short third man. Suryavanshi, who has played more than a hundred Tests, mesmerized the audience by hitting a high six towards long leg on Starc’s 140 kmph ball with complete ease.

Tripurana Vijay, who was making his IPL debut, was handed the ball by Delhi captain Akshar Patel during the powerplay, who was put under pressure by Suryavanshi by hitting three fours and a six. However, he was lucky that Sameer Rizvi could not take his difficult catch when he was on 31 runs. Running backwards from mid-on, Rizvi changed direction to catch the ball but his guess went wrong.

From the other end, Jurel hit Mukesh Kumar for a six and completed the partnership of 50 runs in 23 balls for the second wicket. After six overs of powerplay, Royals’ score was 75 runs for one wicket.

Akshar handed the ball to Madhav Tiwari in the eighth over, who lived up to the captain’s trust and ended the innings of Suryavanshi (five fours and three sixes). David Miller took the catch of Suyavanshi.

After Suryavanshi’s departure, captain Parag took charge and hit Akshar for two sixes in the 11th over. In the last over, Tristan Stubbs caught Madhav’s ball near the boundary and the umpire declared him out but the review showed that the ball had touched the ground, hence the umpire’s decision was changed.

Parag thrashed Mukesh’s balls fiercely in the 12th over and scored 23 runs which included three sixes and a four. In this, a six over long on was of 89 meters. Parag completed his half-century in 23 balls with the help of three fours and five sixes.

After this, Starc came to bowl in the 15th over and did not allow the Royals to reach the expected score.

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IPL 2026 DC vs RR 1st Innings: Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 193 runs for 8 wickets on the board in 20 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The team could have easily reached a total of 230 or 240, because the team’s score in 14.1 overs was 2 wickets for 161 runs. There were 35 balls left from here. If runs had been scored in these balls even with a net run rate of 12, the score could have reached 231, but the team here lost 3 wickets in just 3 runs and the score became 5 wickets for 165 runs in 14.5 overs. After this the team could not regain the momentum it had achieved in the beginning. Rajasthan scored only 32 runs in the last 35 balls and 6 wickets fell.

Dhruv Jurel played the biggest innings for Rajasthan and scored 53 runs in 40 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. During this period, Mitchell Starc took maximum 4 wickets for Delhi. Apart from this, Madhav Tiwari and Lungi Angidi did wonders and took 2-2 wickets. Now Delhi will have to score 194 runs to win.

The first wicket fell early, there was fierce batting in the middle.

Let us tell you that Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl and invited Rajasthan to bat first. Rajasthan had a bad start. The team lost the first wicket in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the score of just 19 runs.

After this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel put the team in a strong position by making a partnership of 70 runs in 34 balls for the second wicket.

Then for the third wicket, Dhruv Jurel along with captain Riyan Parag added 72 runs in 41 balls. Thanks to this partnership, the team’s score reached 161 runs. But due to the rapid fall of wickets from here, the team’s run pace slowed down. The team started losing wickets one after the other.

When did wickets fall?

After the first wicket fell on 19 runs, the team got the second blow on 89 runs, the third on 161 runs, the fourth on 161 runs, the fifth on 165 runs, the sixth on 173 runs, the seventh on 187 runs and the eighth on 191 runs.

Who scored how many runs?

Apart from the highest scorer Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 12 runs, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 46 runs, Captain Riyan Parag scored 51 runs, Ravi Singh scored 04 runs, Shubham Dubey scored 05 runs, Dasun Shanaka scored 10 runs, Joffra Archer scored 02* runs and Adam Milne scored 02* runs. Whereas Denovan Ferreira was out without opening the account.

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In the 55th match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings have given a target of 211 runs to Delhi Capitals. Punjab had made a great start. Created history by scoring 50 runs in just 16 balls. Priyansh Arya hit a six in the first ball of the match. Mitchell Starc bowled the first over for Delhi, in which 22 runs were scored. For the first time in IPL, Punjab Kings scored so many runs in the first over. Punjab’s innings stopped at 210 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer returned unbeaten on 59 runs. Mitchell Starc definitely took two wickets, but also gave away 57 runs in 4 overs.

After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Punjab Kings once again got a stormy start from Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. Both added 78 runs for the first wicket in 6.5 overs. Prabhasimran was out after scoring 18 runs in 15 balls. Whereas Priyansh Arya played an inning of 56 runs in 33 balls. 2 fours and 6 sixes came from his bat.

Punjab Kings had lost both their openers by the score of 97. From here, Cooper Connolly along with Shreyas Iyer added 83 runs in 52 balls for the third wicket and took the team to a huge score. Cooper Connolly returned to the pavilion after scoring 38 runs in 27 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Punjab Kings lost the wicket of Marcus Stoinis (1) on the first ball of the 19th over. Mitchell Starc also dismissed Shashank Singh (0) on the next ball. Suryansh Shedge and Shreyas Iyer made an unbroken partnership of 23 runs in 10 balls for the sixth wicket, taking the team beyond 200.

Iyer remained unbeaten on 59 runs in 36 balls with 3 sixes and 5 fours, while Suryansh added 21 runs in 8 balls with 2 sixes and as many fours. For Delhi, Mitchell Starc and Madhav Tiwari took 2 wickets each. Whereas Mukesh Kumar took 1 wicket.

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Australia has to tour Pakistan during IPL 2026. The Australian team will play a three-match ODI series in Pakistan. After this the Australian team will go on a tour of Bangladesh. Cricket Australia has announced its team for both these tours. Many players playing in IPL 2026 have been included in this team. Mitchell Marsh has been given the captaincy of the team.

These players playing in IPL 2026 were selected in the Australian team

Mitchell Marsh, Cameron Green, Matthew Short and Josh Inglis, playing in IPL 2026, have been selected for the tour of Pakistan and Bangladesh. In this, Lucknow Super Giants, the team of Mitchell Marsh and Josh Inglis, is out of the race for the playoffs in IPL 2026. At the same time, Cameron Green’s KKR is also finding it difficult to reach the playoffs. However, Chennai Super Kings can qualify. Yet its player Matthew Short has been selected.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins, Delhi Capitals’ Mitchell Starc and RCB’s Josh Hazlewood have not been selected for the limited overs series in Pakistan and Bangladesh. These three players will not be able to play in the three-match ODI series against Pakistan starting from May 30. All-rounder Liam Scott and Australia Under-19 World Cup team captain Ollie Peake have been included in the senior team for the first time.

The team of Cummins and Hazlewood will qualify for the playoffs. In such a situation, both these players will remain with the team till the final of IPL 2026. If their team goes to the finals. Let us tell you that the final of IPL 2026 will be played on 31 May. At the same time, it is difficult for Mitchell Starc’s Delhi to reach the playoffs. Still he has not been selected.

Pakistan and Bangladesh tour schedule

Young batsman Joel Davis has been selected in the team for the T20 series against Bangladesh in June. He has got a chance for the first time. Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshius and Xavier Bartlett will leave for Bangladesh after the IPL, while experienced all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been dropped from the team.

Australia will play three ODI matches against Pakistan in Rawalpindi (30 May) and Lahore (2 and 4 June). After this he will tour Bangladesh and play three ODI matches in Dhaka (09, 11 and 14 June) and three T20 International matches in Chattogram (17, 19 and 21 June).

Australia’s team for ODI series against Pakistan- Mitchell Marsh (captain), Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhneman, Marnus Labuschagne, Riley Meredith, Ollie Peake, Matthew Renshaw, Tanvir Sangha, Liam Scott, Matthew Short, Billy Stanlake and Adam Zampa.

Australia’s team for the ODI series against Bangladesh- Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshius, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhneman, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Renshaw, Tanvir Sangha, Liam Scott and Adam Zampa.

Australia’s team for T20 series against Bangladesh- Mitchell Marsh (captain), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Joel Davis, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Matthew Kuhneman, Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw and Adam Zampa.

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IPL 2026: Yashasvi Jaiswal created history by making a stormy start in the 43rd match of the Indian Premier League. While playing against Delhi Capitals, the young batsman hit a six on the very first ball. Seeing Yashasvi’s strong batting, bowler Mitchell Starc also got goosebumps. However, Starc later took the wicket of Jaiswal and leveled the score.

There have been 43 matches in IPL so far. But the most exciting thing about this is that the team that has earned the most name has been Rajasthan Royals. Its two young players have created a stir with their explosive batting.

Bowlers like Mitchell Starc fell in front of Yashasvi

Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have won this entire season. During the match on Friday, Yashasvi did something which made everyone in the stadium dance. When Yashasvi entered the ground, no one had any idea that he would hit a sky-touching six on the very first ball.

When Mitchell Starc, considered to be the most dangerous bowler in the world, bowled the first ball, Yashasvi’s bat lifted and the ball went straight across the boundary line towards square leg. Six on the very first ball.

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Not only this, Yashasvi is such a player who has already registered in his name the record of hitting the most number of sixes on the ball. Till now he has hit a six on the first ball 4 times. Priyansh Sharma’s name is at second place in this list, till now he has hit a six on the first ball twice.

The record of hitting the first six on the first ball is in the name of Yashasvi

This figure of Yashasvi has registered his name in golden letters on the pages of history. This proves that he is not only famous for batting but he has the amazing ability to put pressure on dangerous bowlers with his fearless batting.

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However, after hitting a six on the very first ball, Yashasvi Jaiswal was so eclipsed that he had to go back to the pavilion on the third ball of an experienced bowler like Mitchell Starc. Jaiswal was caught out after scoring 6 runs in 3 balls. After Jaiswal was out, the crease was taken over by Dhruv Jurel and Vaibhav. However, Kyle Jamieson dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the initial overs of the match. Vaibhav could score only 4 runs.

Delhi Capitals has created history. In the 43rd match of IPL 2026, Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. After playing first, Rajasthan had scored 225 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi Capitals chased the target losing only three wickets in 19.1 overs. This is the biggest run chase of Delhi Capitals in the history of IPL. For Delhi, Pathum Nissanka played an inning of 62 runs and KL Rahul played an inning of 75 runs. In the end, Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten 18 runs in 11 balls and Ashutosh Sharma played a match-winning inning of 25 not out runs in 15 balls.

Delhi Capitals has created history by chasing the target of 226 runs against Rajasthan Royals. This is Delhi’s biggest successful run chase in the Indian Premier League. Half-century innings of KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka helped Delhi achieve this milestone. Mitchell Starc came to play for the first time in IPL 2026, and took 3 wickets. Ashutosh Sharma and Nitish Rana also made a big contribution in their short innings in Delhi’s victory.

Delhi’s biggest run chase

Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. After playing first, Rajasthan had scored 225 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi Capitals chased the target losing only three wickets in 19.1 overs. This is the biggest run chase of Delhi Capitals in the history of IPL. Delhi easily achieved this target. Delhi had an opening partnership of 110 runs.

Despite a bad start, Rajasthan Royals have put 225 runs on the scoreboard. Rajasthan team had lost two wickets on the score of just 12 runs, but captain Riyan Parag’s innings of 90 runs proved to be a success. Dhruv Jurel also contributed 40 runs, but in front of the havoc created by Donovan Ferreira in the death overs, Mitchell Starc’s lethal speed also failed. Ferreira scored 47 runs in 14 balls.

There were 2 wickets at 12, then Riyan Parag shone

Within the first 12 runs, both the opening batsmen of Rajasthan Royals were out. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 6 runs, while Vaibhav Suryavanshi was clean bowled by Kyle Jamieson on the score of 4 runs. Riyan Parag was able to score only 117 runs in his first 9 innings of IPL 2026, but his form returned against Delhi. Here, while playing captaincy innings, he scored 90 runs in 50 balls. In this stormy innings he hit 8 fours and 5 sixes.

Riyan Parag along with Dhruv Jurel made a partnership of 102 runs. After that, Parag along with Ravindra Jadeja added 53 runs in a flamboyant manner. Parag was out after scoring 90 runs in the 17th over, but after that a storm named Donovan Ferreira was about to come.

Donovan Ferreira wreaked havoc

Donovan Ferreira came to bat in the 17th over. He hit three sixes in the 18th over of Kuldeep Yadav. After that he did not even spare Mitchell Starc, against whom Ferreira hit a four and a six. T Natarajan had dismissed Shubham Dubey on the very first ball of the last over. The last start was good for Delhi, but the end was equally useless. A four and a six came on the third and fourth balls respectively. On the last ball, Akshar Patel dropped the catch of Ferreira, which hit Akshar’s hand and went for a six.

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Rajasthan Royals have lost 3 out of the last 5 matches, today the team will face Delhi Capitals at their home ground. The situation of Delhi is even worse, which has been able to win only 3 out of 8 matches. Delhi has lost 4 out of the last 5 matches, in the last match the entire team was limited to 75 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi is in great form, who is known for hitting with the first ball. He has scored runs against legendary bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Today he may face Mitchell Starc, one of the most lethal bowlers in the world, who has received NOC from May 1 to play in the IPL.

Mitchell Starc was out of the initial matches of IPL 2026 due to injury. Now he has joined the Delhi Capitals team, he has got NOC to play from May 1. He can play in the match against Rajasthan Royals today. Vaibhav Suryavanshi will be a challenge for him too.

Vaibhav or Stark, who will win?

Not only for Vaibhav Suryavanshi, but this competition will also be a challenge for Mitchell Starc. There will be more pressure on Starc as to how to stop or dismiss Vaibhav. Along with Vaibhav, Yashasvi Jaiswal is also batting brilliantly, and his bat is very popular in Jaipur also. He has scored half-centuries in 5 of the last 7 innings played in Jaipur.

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Mitchell Starc has taken 217 wickets in 158 T20 matches, out of which he has dismissed left-handed batsmen 70 times. He dismisses a left-handed batsman almost every 8 balls.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi has scored 400 runs in 9 innings played in IPL 2026. He is the third highest run scorer in the ongoing edition. He has scored one century and 2 half-centuries. His strike rate is 238.09.

Today (April 25) the first match of the double header will be played between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in the afternoon. Delhi has got a big boost before the match. This boost gives Delhi, who seems to be in a bad situation, the power to win the match single-handedly. Actually, veteran Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has come to India for IPL 2026 and joined Delhi.

The franchise shared a video through social media, in which they shared the information about Stark’s arrival with the fans. The caption of the video read, “Worth the wait. Welcome back home Tiger.” However, it was not made clear from the franchise whether Starc will play against Punjab today or not.

Worth the wait

Welcome back home, Tiger! pic.twitter.com/cbd5Adjzxo

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 25, 2026

the wait is over

Let us tell you that Starc could not be a part of Delhi in the beginning of the season due to shoulder and elbow injury. The team has played 6 matches in the season, winning 3 and losing 3. Now it will be interesting to see how much Delhi benefits from the arrival of Starc.

11 crore 75 lakhs spent on stark

Starc was bought by Delhi for Rs 11 crore 75 lakh in the mega auction held for IPL 2025. After this the team retained Starc for the next season.

Mitchell Starc’s IPL career

Starc has played 52 matches in his IPL career so far. While bowling in 49 innings of these matches, he has taken 65 wickets at an average of 23.12, in which the best figure was 5/35. Apart from this, he has also won four wicket haul twice. Last season was very good for Starc. While playing for Delhi, he took 14 wickets in 10 innings of 11 matches.

Let us tell you that till now Starc has played for three teams. He started his IPL career in 2014 playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. After this, he joined Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024. Now part of Delhi Capitals.

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Two matches will be played today in IPL 2026. Today’s first match will be between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, which will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, the home ground of Delhi. Punjab Kings, who are at number-1 in the points table, have been unbeaten so far, Shreyas Iyer’s team has won five out of six matches, while one of its matches was washed out due to rain. On the other hand, Delhi team is at sixth position in the points table. Akshar Patel’s team has won only three out of six matches so far.

Who is ahead in head to head?

There is a close head to head competition between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. So far 34 matches have been played between the two teams. During this period, Punjab has won 17 matches and Delhi has also won 17 matches only.

England all-rounder joins Delhi Capitals

Before this match, England’s spin all-rounder Rehan Ahmed has joined the Delhi Capitals team. However, Mitchell Starc is not available right now. England’s Rehan Ahmed has joined the team, but Starc has not arrived yet. Cricket Australia has given him permission to participate in the IPL. It is expected that Starc will be seen in action from May 1.

Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi is suitable for the batsmen. It is a small ground, and the pitch is also flat. In such a situation it becomes easy to score runs. It’s an afternoon match. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that Punjab Kings have the upper hand in this match. However, Delhi Capitals will also get the advantage of playing at home. The chasing team has more chances of victory in this match.

Probable playing eleven of Delhi Capitals- Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Axar Patel (c), Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar and T Natarajan.

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Probable playing eleven of Punjab Kings- Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer (c), Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshadap Singh.

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