Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Match Scorecard- 26th Match at Bengaluru, 18 April 2026

In IPL 2026, the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals brought out some strong all-round performances from both camps, and this was reflected in BIL – batting did not let weather interfere with their emphatic dominance once again. The game, held at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, produced venomous cricket that finished right until the last couple of overs. Delhi Capitals chased down the target successfully, winning the match by 6 wickets.

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Match Overview

Match	RCB vs DC, 26th Match
Series	Indian Premier League 2026
Date	April 18, 2026
Time	3:30 PM Local
Venue	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Toss	Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bowl
Result	Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings – 175/8 (20 Overs)

Batting Scorecard

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Philip Salt	c Stubbs b Kuldeep	63	38	4	3	165.79
Virat Kohli	c Nissanka b Ngidi	19	13	3	0	146.15
Devdutt Padikkal	c Miller b Axar	18	13	1	1	138.46
Rajat Patidar (c)	c Rahul b Mukesh	8	4	0	1	200.00
Tim David	c Natarajan b Axar	26	17	3	1	152.94
Jitesh Sharma (wk)	c Miller b Ngidi	14	20	1	0	70.00
Romario Shepherd	lbw b Kuldeep	1	4	0	0	25.00
Krunal Pandya	run out	12	10	0	1	120.00
Rasikh Salam	not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	not out	3	2	0	0	150.00

Extras: 11
Total: 175/8 in 20 overs

Bowling (Delhi Capitals)

Bowler	O	R	W	ECO
Mukesh Kumar	4	32	1	8.00
Lungi Ngidi	4	39	2	9.80
Kuldeep Yadav	4	32	2	8.00
Axar Patel	3	18	2	6.00
T Natarajan	2	16	0	8.00
Auqib Nabi	3	36	0	12.00

Fall of Wickets (RCB)

Score	Player	Over
52-1	Kohli	5.1
99-2	Padikkal	9.6
105-3	Salt	10.4
131-4	Patidar	12.4
146-5	David	15.2
149-6	Shepherd	16.3
172-7	Krunal	19.2
172-8	Jitesh	19.4

Delhi Capitals Innings – 179/4 (19.5 Overs)

Batting Scorecard

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pathum Nissanka	lbw b Bhuvneshwar	1	2	0	0	50.00
KL Rahul	c Kohli b Krunal	57	34	6	2	167.65
Karun Nair	c Salt b Bhuvneshwar	5	5	1	0	100.00
Sameer Rizvi	c Jitesh b Bhuvneshwar	2	3	0	0	66.67
Tristan Stubbs	not out	60	47	4	1	127.66
Axar Patel	retired hurt	26	19	3	0	136.84
David Miller	not out	22	10	1	2	220.00

Extras: 6
Total: 179/4 in 19.5 overs

Bowling (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Bowler	O	R	W	ECO
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4	26	3	6.50
Josh Hazlewood	4	38	0	9.50
Krunal Pandya	4	24	1	6.00
Rasikh Salam	4	40	0	10.00
Suyash Sharma	3	31	0	10.30
Romario Shepherd	0.5	17	0	20.40

Fall of Wickets (Delhi Capitals)

Score	Player	Over
2-1	Nissanka	0.4
16-2	Nair	2.2
18-3	Rizvi	2.5
87-4	Rahul	10.1

Match Highlights

At the beginning of the match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and put on a batting first. Philip Salt anchored an innings that kept Royal Challengers Bengaluru steady. His 63 set a fine anchor at the top of the innings. Virat Kohli also contributed with 19 off 33 to continue at a good run rate for the first six overs.

RCB began steadily, but they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. After that no partnership from the middle order contributed, and then we were not able to get over 350 marks. Axar Patel kept the runs down (as did Kuldeep Yadav, who took two big wickets).

Target: 176 | Delhi Capitals lost 1 wicket as early but sped away soon. India clinched the match by 9 wickets, with KL Rahul providing an impressive innings of 57 runs after losing early wickets. The turning point in the match was his 62 run partnership with top-order batsman Tristan Stubbs.

With his nerves of steel, Stubbs scored 60 runs to win the match. Delhi Capitals chased down the target with ease; Miller sealed the innings with a few shor…

Key Performances

• Philip Salt: 63 runs (Top scorer for RCB)
• KL Rahul: 57 runs (Match-defining innings)
• Tristan Stubbs: 60* runs (Match-winning knock)
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 3 wickets (Best bowler for RCB)
• Axar Patel: 2 wickets and 26 runs

Turning Points of the Match

RCB was interested when Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a couple of early wickets, but that partnership turned the match firmly on its head with Rahul bringing significant firepower and Stubbs not one to turn down his bag o’ tricks. Third, he bowled five overs for less than thirty, which left RCB at a score of around the hundred mark in 20 overs.

Detailed Match Analysis

Royal Challengers Bengaluru started well, but the middle overs proved to be a vital period for them. They forfeited a minimum of 15 – 20 runs for its failure to construct partnerships.

Delhi Capitals had game awareness while contrasting. The start too was kind of shaky, with a few wickets loss early in the innings, but then they built their innings while staying calm and steady. Batting, their expansion settled in such a timeframe that was to the extent that they have diligently chased the joint feeder.

Conclusion

Another team which was very close to winning in one of these matches was Royal Challengers Bengaluru. RCB may have gotten a defendable total on the board but Delhi were more effective with bat and ball. That allowed KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs to take it down easily.

Two major lessons of T20 Cricket Partnerships & Controlled Bowling which this match illustrated well. Delhi Capitals managed to hold their nerves and snatch a much vlued win.

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