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In the IPL 2026 match against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC) emerged victorious by seven wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
After suffering a loss, RR skipper Riyan Parag said, “I think it was a good score. I thought 200 was a par score here. It was going to slow down a bit, but I think we could have bowled way better in the middle overs, not let them get away a little too much. And then a lot of boundaries in one single over and that repeated. So I felt we missed the trick with that, but no harm with the decision we made. (on the decision to not promote Ferraira) It was actually a lefty idea and I don`t know actually. There were what, six, seven overs to go, or no, eight, nine overs to go? We wanted to delay it slightly, score about 8 or 9 runs off the spinners and then face pace bowling from ball one. I feel that was the plan, nothing much to think about that. Hopefully it`s not too serious, but a little bit on the hamstring. Thankfully, we have about a week break, so we`ll clear it out. I don`t think I need to answer any critics or anyone talking about it. But at the end of the day, my job is to get two points. So my score and my innings don`t really matter if we lose the game”.
IPL 2026, IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals: Match summary
With an aim of chasing the target of 226 runs, the Capitals scored 226 runs by losing three wickets in 19.1 overs.
Opening batsman Pathum Nissanka scored 62 runs off 33 deliveries, including six boundaries and three maximums. Fellow opening batsman KL Rahul accumulated 75 runs in 40 balls, laced with six boundaries and five maximums.
Facing 17 balls, Nitish Rana registered 33 runs with the help of three boundaries and two maximums.
Tristan Stubbs and Ashutosh Sharma stayed unbeaten. Facing 11 balls, Stubbs scored 18 runs, including a boundary and a maximum, whereas Ashutosh scored 25 runs in 15 balls, with the help of boundaries.
RR`s Jofra Archer, Impact Player Tushar Deshpande, and Ravindra Jadeja claimed one wicket each. Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, and Ravi Bishnoi went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against DC.
Earlier in the first essay of the match, the Royals lost the early wickets of their opening batsmen, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, on six and four runs, respectively.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel scored a crucial 42 runs after facing 30 balls. His knock also included four boundaries and a maximum.
Later, skipper Riyan Parag delivered a glorious knock of 90 runs off 50 deliveries, laced with eight boundaries and five maximums. Ravindra Jadeja also accumulated 20 runs in 14 balls, with the help of a boundary and a maximum. Shubham Dubey was dismissed for six runs in six balls, including a boundary. Donovan Ferreira delivered a fiery cameo of an unbeaten 47 runs off just 14 balls. His knock included two boundaries and six maximums. Along with him, Jofra Archer stayed unbeaten on one run in one ball. With this, the Royals posted a total of 225 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs against the Capitals.
Delhi Capitals` (DC) star pacer Mitchell Starc returned with the figures of three wickets for 40 runs in four overs. Kyle Jamieson, captain Axar Patel, and T. Natarajan claimed one wicket each. Star spinner Kuldeep Yadav went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against RR.
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