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Delhi embarrassed Rajasthan at home, defeated them by 7 wickets, made this big record

Samira Vishwas | May 2, 2026 4:24 AM CST

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals finally broke the losing streak and DC defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in the IPL 2026 match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on 01 May. Playing first, Rajasthan made a big score of 225/6. In reply, Delhi team achieved the target with 5 balls remaining.

Rahul-Nisanka overshadowed Parag’s innings

Let us tell you that in this match, Rajasthan Royals captain Ryan Parag’s brilliant inning of 90 runs went in vain. For Delhi, KL Rahul scored 75 runs in 40 balls. Whereas Pathum Nissanka played a quick inning of 62 runs in 33 balls. On the basis of the batting of both, DC easily chased the difficult target of 226 runs.

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Actually, RR, who came to bat first in this match, had a dramatic start. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a six on the very first ball, but Mitchell Starc dismissed him after two balls. In the second over, Kyle Jamieson dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Royals came under pressure with the fall of 2 wickets for 12 runs.

After this, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel took over the team by making a partnership of 102 runs. Jurel scored 42 runs in 30 balls. Parag played aggressively and completed his first half-century of the season in 32 balls. Ravindra Jadeja came in after Jurel was out. In the 17th over of the innings, Starc made a comeback for Delhi by dismissing both Jadeja and Parag.

Captain Riyan Parag hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in 90 runs. In the end, Donovan Ferreira created a storm. He scored 47 runs in just 14 balls. Kuldeep Yadav scored 3 sixes in his over and Starc scored 17 runs in one over. Scored 18 runs in the last overs to take RR to 225.

Starc added edge to Delhi’s bowling

It is noteworthy that Mitchell Starc was the most successful bowler for DC. He took 3 wickets. Jamieson, Akshar Patel and T Natarajan got 1-1 wicket. Natarajan dismissed Shubham Dubey in the 20th over, but could not stop Ferreira. Chasing 226 runs was not easy, but Rahul and Nissanka made it easy. With this victory, Delhi got its fourth win of the season and the morale of the team increased.