IPL 2026: DC vs RCB - Stats from Delhi's Defeat against the Defending Champions

IPL 2026: DC vs RCB - Stat Attack

Delhi Capitals were humbled, destroyed, hammered in their home ground by the defending champions. IPL is the toughest T20 league in the world for a reason. One day you score 264 and the next game you barely manage to score any. Axar Patel and co. didn't see it coming.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and chose to bowl first and bowl Delhi out is what they did.

How is Bhuvneshwar Kumar not in contention to play for India is still one of the biggest mysteries in Indian cricket. The Indian pacer set it up for Bengaluru when he bowled a lethal in-swinger to Sahil Parakh (on debut). That was the beginning. Delhi were reeling at 8/6 inside the powerplay and if it were not for their lower-order, getting bowled out under 49 was very much under the cards. Bhuvi finished with figures of 3/5, Josh Hazlewood bagged 4 for 12. Abhishek Porel top scored for Delhi with 30 and that was it. DC got bowled for 75, their third lowest total in IPL history. Bengaluru came out all guns blazing and completed the chase with 81 deliveries to spare.

RCB after that win go to 12 pts (6W/2L, NRR +1.919) and are second on the points table. DC have now lost three in a row and are placed seventh - 8 matches with 3W/5L and NRR -1.060.

DC vs RCB - All Important Stats

Lowest all-out totals vs RCB in IPL

58 - RR, Cape Town, 2009 (2nd inng)

59 - RR, Jaipur, 2023 (2nd inng)

75 - DC, Delhi, 2026 (1st inng)

82 - Deccan, DY Patil, 2010 (1st inng)

The 75 All-out is the third time Delhi have been bowled for 75 or lower. That's the second-most for a team in the league. RCB lead this list. They have four scores under 75.

Most times bowled-out for 75 or below in IPL 4 - RCB 3 - DC 2 - RR 1 - KKR, KXIP, KTK Bhuvneshwar Kumar last played for Indian in 2022. The pacer was at his crafty best and with the new ball, no body operates better than Bhuvi. Most wickets in the powerplay in IPL

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 89

Trent Boult - 73

Deepak Chahar - 69

Sandeep Sharma - 67

Mohammed Shami - 61

20 dot balls by Suyash Sharma is the most by a spinner and joint-most for a bowler in an IPL innings

20 - Suyash Sharma vs DC (2026)

20 - Deepak Chahar vs KKR (2019)

19 - Fidel Edwards vs KKR (2009)

19 - Zaheer Khan vs CSK (2015)

19 - Mohammed Shami vs DC (2023)

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have gotten the better of DC 21 times. And, they did it with 81 balls to spare. The second highest deliveries left in a successful run-chase.

Most wins against a team in the IPL

25 - MI vs KKR (36 mats)

21 - CSK vs RCB (36 mats)

21 - KKR vs PBKS (36 mats)

21 - MI vs CSK (39 mats)

21 - MI vs DC (38 mats)

21 - CSK vs KKR (32 mats)

21 - RCB vs DC (35 mats) Most balls remaining in a successful IPL chase

87 - MI vs KKR, Wankhede, 2008 (target: 68)

81 - RCB vs DC, Delhi, 2026 (target: 76)

76 - KTK vs RR, Indore, 2011 (target: 98)

73 - KXIP vs DC, Mohali, 2017 (target: 68)

72 - SRH vs RCB, Braboune, 2022 (target: 69)

Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 23* and went past 9,000 IPL run chase in the process. Kohli is the only batter to score 8,000 and 9,000 runs in IPL. The second leading run-getter in the league, Rohit Sharma is at 7183 runs.

Also, Kohli is only 106 runs away from reaching the 14,000 runs milestone in T20s. If he gets there, Kohli will be only the 6th batter to get there and the quickest by a distance.

Most Runs in IPL

Virat Kohli - 9012

Rohit Sharma - 7183

Shikhar Dhawan - 6769

David Warner - 6565

KL Rahul - 5580

Can the Delhi Capitals bounce back in the next game? They'll be kicking themselves for not closing games. A one-run defeat against the Gujarat Titans and blowing up after posting 264 on the board against the Punjab Kings. How will their season turn? Is qualification to the play-offs, still a possibility for Delhi? RCB, on the other hand, have a winning template. Their squad looks balanced and all the key players are stepping up at the right time.

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