#TATAIPL-2026-62 : Mitchell Starc Bags 4/40, Fifties By KL Rahul, Abhishek Porel Help Delhi Capitals Beat Rajasthan Royals By 5 Wickets And Keep Play-Offs Hopes Alive

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Delhi Capitals kept alive their play-offs hopes as they  beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets in a TataIPL 2026 encounter  at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi . DC Skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first.

RR lost opener  Yashasvi Jaiswal for 12 . 15-year old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi delighted fans with a blazing 46 ( 21 balls 5 fours, 3 sixes). Dhruv Jurel kept the momentum with a fine 53 ( 40 balls 5 fours, 2 sixes) Skipper Riyan Parag dropped on 6  by Tristan Stubbs scored an attacking 51 ( 26 balls , 3 fours, 5 sixes). RR total was when Parag fell was 160-3, 14.1 overs.

Then suddenly the RR batting collapsed . Experianced  and classy  Aussie Mitchell Starc was the wrecker-in chief bagging three wickets in one over. And bagged  four overall to dent RR hopes of big total. Starc clearly bowled the game changing over.  Donovan Ferreira 0, Ravi Singh 4 , Shubham Dubey 5, Dasun Shanaka 10 . Jofra Archer  not out 2 , Adam Milne not out 2 . RR which one time threatened 220 plus or more ended up scoring 193/8 in their 20 overs.

Delhi Capitals Bowling :  Mitchell Starc 4/40 ( 4 overs), Lungi Ngidi 2/24 ( 4 overs), Tripurana Vijay 0/29 ( 2 overs), Mukesh Kumar 0/40 ( 2 overs) sprayed all over , Madhav Tiwari 2/27 ( 4 overs) another impressive spell . Axar Patel 0/31 ( 4 overs)

In reply DC got off to a confident start with openers K L Rahul and Abhishek Porel. RR were guilty of dropping catches and this hurt them big. K L Rahul and Porel put DC on course with 100 run- opening stand . The duo put on  105-1, 10.1 overs. Porel was first out for 51 ( 31 balls 7 fours, 1 six), K L Rahul yet another season of 500 plus runs , showing amazing consistency scored 56 ( 42 balls 1 four, 3 sixes). There was minor jolt as Sahil Parakh  9 , Tristan Stubbs 4, and David Miller fell for 9 .

But for DC Skipper Axar Patel kept his cool and remained unbeaten on 34 ( 18 balls 2 fours, 2 sixes).  Ashutosh Sharma did the finisher role to perfection hitting the match- winning six to power DC home by 5 wickets. Ashutosh was not out 18 ( 5  balls , 1 four, 2 sixes). DC finishing 197/5 in 19. 2 overs

Rajasthan Royals Bowling : Jofra Archer 2/35 ( 4 overs), Adam Milne 0/41 ( 3.2 overs), Brijesh Sharma 2/44 ( 4 overs), Dasun Shanaka 1/29 ( 3 overs), Yash Raj Punja 0/29 ( 4 overs), Donovan Ferreira 0/16 ( 1 over)

Match: IPL 2026, 62nd Match
Venue: Delhi | Date: May 17, 2026