Starc once again did wonders against RajasthanImage Credit source: PTI
Delhi Capitals has registered its sixth win in IPL 2026. In the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. Batting first in the 62nd match of this season, Rajasthan Royals scored only 193 runs despite a strong start. Delhi’s fast bowlers including Mitchell Starc stopped Rajasthan from scoring big. After this, the team won in the last over on the basis of half-centuries from KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel. Whereas, due to the defeat of Punjab Kings in the playoff race, Rajasthan Royals got a good opportunity to take the lead but Riyan Parag’s team lost it.
RR’s fast start, then Starc’s havoc
Rajasthan Royals did not have a good start in this match and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was out early. But Vaibhav Suryavanshi Once again he attacked as soon as he came. Vaibhav, who opened his account with a six, scored 46 runs in 21 balls. During this period, Vaibhav along with Dhruv Jurel added 70 runs. After this, captain Riyan Parag also scored an explosive half-century and took the team to 160 runs in just 14 overs.
But from here Rajasthan’s innings started faltering and Delhi made a strong comeback and restricted them to 193 runs. Apart from Vaibhav and Parag, Dhruv Jurel also made a fast start but in the end he could score only 53 runs in 40 balls. For Delhi, once again Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc on the Rajasthan batsmen and took 4 wickets for 40 runs. Whereas Madhav Tiwari and Lungi Ngidi bowled economically and took 2-2 wickets.
Rahul-Porel laid the foundation of victory
Delhi Capitals, which has been regularly struggling for good starts this season, got a strong start this time from KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel. Porel, who got only a few chances, did not disappoint and scored an excellent half-century in 29 balls. On the other hand, Rahul also completed his fifty. Together, they laid a good foundation by making a strong partnership of 105 runs in just 10 overs.
But after this, Delhi also suffered setbacks one after another and the pace of runs also reduced. Joffra Archer made a comeback for Rajasthan by taking two wickets here. At such a time, captain Akshar Patel took charge, for whom this season had been very bad with the bat. But Akshar, who made the team win by scoring an explosive half-century in the last match, again batted in the same manner and took the team closer to the target. In the end, Ashutosh Sharma put the finishing touch on it and gave the team its sixth win of the season.
