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IPL 2026: All-round RCB thrash DC in low-scoring thriller
27 Apr 2026

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) thrashed Delhi Capitals in Match 39 of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

The hosts perished for 75 on a venue that saw an aggregate of 529 runs on Saturday alone. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood rocked the Capitals, who were once down to 8/6.

RCB comfortably chased down the total in the seventh over.

RCB seamers decimate home side
Start

Bhuvneshwar struck early after RCB elected to field. He dismissed Sahil Parakh on the match's second ball.

Hazlewood joined the attack, striking twice in his first two balls to get rid of KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi. Tristan Stubbs survived the hat-trick ball before being removed by Bhuvneshwar.

DC skipper Axar Patel also fell in the same over.

Hazlewood continues his wrath
Wrath

Hazlewood continued his wrath by dismissing Nitish Rana, with DC in shambles (8/6).

Abishek Porel and David Miller somehow survived the next two overs. DC crawled to 13/6 in six overs, the lowest-ever Powerplay score in IPL history.

The previous lowest was 14/2 by Rajasthan Royals against RCB from 2009 (Cape Town).

Rasikh Salam Dar finally broke the Porell-Miller partnership, removing the latter.

DC perish for 75
Figures

While Porel farmed the strike, Kyle Jamieson scored some crucial runs down the order. Spinners came into action as DC were nine down for 71 runs.

Hazlewood wrapped up the innings (75/10) by dismissing Porel (30). He took 4/12 in 3.3 overs.

And Bhuvneshwar, who couldn't return for his fourth overs, recorded outstanding figures of 3/5 (ER: 1.70).

50 IPL wickets for RCB
Milestone

With his first, Hazlewood became the first overseas player to complete 50 IPL wickets for RCB.

Overall, he is behind Yuzvendra Chahal (139), Harshal Patel (99), Mohammed Siraj (83), and Vinay Kumar (72) in terms of IPL wickets for the franchise.

The Australian bowler surpassed the legendary Zaheer Khan, who took 49 wickets for RCB between IPL 2008 and 2013.

More feats for Hazlewood
Fact

According to Cricbuzz, Hazlewood's 4/12 are now his joint-best T20 figures, with one against Sri Lanka in Sydney (2022). These are also the second-best figures for RCB against DCC in the IPL, behind Jaydev Unadkat's 5/25 on the same ground in 2013.