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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So far so many teams are out of the playoffs, only RCB has been able to qualify; Know the condition of all 10 teams

Today’s second match in IPL 2026 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams will clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Both the teams are involved in the race for playoffs. In such a situation, both will give their all to win. If the Delhi team loses, it will be out of the race for the playoffs. If Rajasthan loses then the path ahead will become very difficult for it.

So far Delhi Capitals has played 12 matches in IPL 2026. During this period, they have won only five matches. However, even if Delhi wins the remaining two matches, its reaching the playoffs will still depend on the results of other teams. Talking about Rajasthan Royals, they have played only 11 matches so far. During this period Rajasthan has got 6 wins. Rajasthan will have to win two of its remaining three matches at any cost.

Who is ahead in head to head?

There is a tough competition in head to head between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. The match is 16-15, in which Delhi is ahead. While Delhi has defeated Rajasthan seven times at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Rajasthan has given only three defeats to Delhi on this ground.

Arun Jaitley Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi is suitable for the batsmen. High scoring matches are seen here. The field is quite small. However, Delhi’s performance here has been unexpected. This is the same pitch where they almost achieved the target of 210 runs and were all out for 75 runs after one match.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that Rajasthan Royals have the upper hand in this match. However, the toss is going to be very important, because the team chasing the target has more chances of victory.

Probable playing eleven of Delhi Capitals- KL Rahul (wk), Abhishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Madhav Tiwari, Mukesh Kumar, Aaqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi.

Probable playing eleven of Rajasthan Royals- Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ryan Parag (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Joffra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma.