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n IPL 2026 Match No. 26, DC defeated RCB by 6 wickets. The match was played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. It was an exciting game where RCB, batting first, set a target of 176 runs for DC, which DC successfully chased in the last over.
With this match, RCB have won 4 matches in this season so far (against SRH, CSK, MI, and LSG) and lost 2 matches (against RR and DC). RCB are in second position on the points table and have delivered a good performance so far this season.
If we talk about DC, the team has won 3 matches in this season (against LSG, MI, and RCB) and lost 2 matches (against GT and CSK).
In this match, DC won the toss and asked RCB to bat first, after which RCB set a target of 176 runs for DC to win the match.
In RCB’s batting, only Phil Salt scored 63 runs, and Tim David added 26 runs. Apart from them, none of the RCB players played a notable innings, which resulted in a relatively low target being set for DC.
Phil Salt scored 63 runs off 38 balls, including 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Virat Kohli scored 19 runs and was dismissed early.
Devdutt Padikkal scored 18 runs.
Rajat Patidar (captain) scored 8 runs.
Tim David scored 26 runs off 17 balls, including 3 fours and 1 six.
Jitesh Sharma scored 14 runs.
Romario Shepherd scored 1 run.
Krunal Pandya scored 12 runs.
Rasikh Salam remained not out on 0.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained not out on 3 runs.
Photo: @ AP
RCB set a target of 176 runs for DC to win the match. However, due to RCB’s good bowling, the game went down to the last over. In the final over, DC successfully completed the target of 176 runs. KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs played a crucial role in the win, as both scored more than 50 runs and helped their team secure victory.
Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 1 run.
KL Rahul scored 57 runs off 44 balls, including 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Karun Nair was out for 5 runs.
Sameer Rizvi also failed to make an impact and was dismissed for 2 runs.
Tristan Stubbs scored 60 runs off 47 balls, including 4 fours and 1 six.
Axar Patel (captain) added 16 runs.
David Miller scored 22 runs to help the team.
Two players from DC batted well, which helped the team secure the victory. The first were KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs, who took control of almost 80% of the match. In the end, captain Axar Patel and David Miller finished the job, and DC won the match by 6 wickets.
Photo: @ BCCI
Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood
“Impact Sub: Rasikh Salam Dar”
Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Auqib Nabi Dar, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
“Impact Sub: Karun Nair”
