RCB Demolish DC by 9 Wickets — IPL 2026 Match 39 | DC 75 All Out (Lowest 2026) | Hazlewood 4/12 Bhuvneshwar 3/5 | Kohli 9000 IPL Runs | Full Scorecard
💀 DC HORROR SHOW · 75 ALL OUT · LOWEST TOTAL IPL 2026 · 8/6 IN 3.5 OVERS · 13-RUN POWERPLAY — LOWEST IN IPL HISTORY · 💀
⚡ IPL 2026 · Match 39 · Official Result · April 27, 2026
DC
Delhi Capitals
75 / 10 (16.3 ov)
🏆 RCB Won by 9 Wickets
VS
Arun Jaitley Stadium · New Delhi · April 27
Toss: RCB won — elected to bowl · Partly cloudy · Very hot
RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
77 / 1 (6.3 ov)
📅 Mon, 27 April 2026 · 7:30 PM IST
⭐ MOTM: Josh Hazlewood — 4/12
💀 DC: 8/6 in 3.5 overs · 13/6 powerplay (IPL record low)
🏏 Virat Kohli — First to 9000 IPL runs
🔴 RCB: 2nd place, 12 pts · NRR +1.919
IPL 2026Match 39 Result
Hazlewood & Bhuvi’s Wrecking Ball Reduces DC to 75 — Lowest of IPL 2026
Two days after scoring 264 on this very pitch, Delhi Capitals disintegrated to 75 all out before the might of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Eight wickets down for 8 runs in 3.5 overs. The lowest powerplay score in IPL history. And then Virat Kohli quietly became the first man to 9000 IPL runs while RCB chased the target in 6.3 overs.
Result: RCB won by 9 wickets • Scores: DC 75 all out (16.3 ov) — RCB 77/1 (6.3 ov) • Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi • MOTM: Josh Hazlewood (4/12 in 3.5 ov) • Match: No. 39, IPL 2026
By Senior Cricket CorrespondentApril 27, 2026 — Post-Match Report📍 New Delhi, India
Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi — the same pitch where DC scored 264 two days ago produced DC’s worst batting collapse of IPL 2026. The pitch offered swing and carry; Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood maximised every inch of it.
75
DC All Out
Lowest total IPL 2026
8/6
Score in 3.5 Overs
DC — historic collapse
13/6
DC Powerplay
Lowest full-game IPL powerplay ever
4/12
Hazlewood Figures
3.5 overs · Econ 3.43
3/5
Bhuvneshwar Figures
3 overs · Econ 1.67 · Purple Cap
6.3
RCB Chase Overs
77/1 · 81 balls remaining
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DC Innings — 75 All Out — Ball by Ball
Rajat Patidar won the toss and chose to bowl on a pitch that sat adjacent to the surface used in Saturday’s 265-run thriller. The conditions were vastly different. The ball swung from ball one — not dramatically, but enough. And Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood needed nothing more than that tiny percentage to dismantle DC’s batting lineup in scenes that left the home crowd stunned into silence within the first four overs.
🏏 Ball-by-Ball: DC’s Historic Collapse
Over 1 — Bhuvneshwar Kumar
2 WKTSAfter: 0/2
W
W
•
•
•
•
Ball 1: Bhuvneshwar hits outswinger to Sahil Parikh — edges first ball. Then an INSWINGER to Parikh’s off stump on ball 2 — uprooted! IPL debut lasts 2 balls. KL Rahul c. Jitesh b Bhuvneshwar — top-edges a pull. Score: 0/2
Over 2 — Josh Hazlewood
2 WKTSAfter: 2/4
W
W
1
•
•
•
Ball 1: Hazlewood — perfect length to KL Rahul — deceptive short ball that hurries on, top-edges pull to keeper Jitesh. KL out for 1. Ball 2: Hat-trick ball to Sameer Rizvi — Test-match length, forces thin edge to slip (Padikkal takes it). Rizvi 0. Back-to-back wickets. DC: 2/4 in 7 balls. Hazlewood denies hat-trick as Stubbs survives Ball 3.
Over 3 — Bhuvneshwar Kumar
2 WKTSAfter: 7/6
4
W
•
W
•
1
Ball 1: Tristan Stubbs lofts for 4 — the only attacking shot of DC’s first 3 overs. Ball 2: Stubbs edges an outswinger to first slip (Padikkal again). Ball 4: Bhuvneshwar — late outswing — Axar Patel edges to keeper. AXAR: 0 off 3 balls. DC captain goes without scoring. 5/5 in 3 overs. DC: 7/6 — includes a wide.
Over 4 — Josh Hazlewood
1 WKTAfter: 8/6
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•
•
•
W
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Ball 5: Hazlewood digs a snorter into Nitish Rana’s armpit from around the wicket. Steep bounce — Rana takes his eyes off the ball, fends it to Padikkal at short leg. Rana: 1 off 9 deliveries. DC: 8/6 in 3.5 overs. Six wickets for 8 runs. IMPACT PLAYER: Abhishek Porel comes in for Sahil Parikh.
Overs 5-9 — Miller & Porel Resist
After 9 ov: 43/7
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•
1
2
4
•
1
1
•
1
1
W
A dust storm causes a brief stoppage. Miller (19 off 18) and Porel (16 off 13) put on 35 for the 7th wicket — DC’s best partnership. But Rasikh Salam Dar ends it in the 9th over, catching Miller (caught Phil Salt at cover). DC: 43/7 after 9 overs.
Porel wages a lone battle — 30 off 33 balls (career-best IPL score). Jamieson hits a six off Krunal. Suyash Sharma bowls Kuldeep Yadav (3 off 11). Hazlewood ends it — Porel bowled by a searing yorker that tails in from around the wicket. All out: 75 in 16.3 overs. Only DC batter to cross 20 was Porel (30). The tail was already the story.
DC Batting Scorecard
Batter
Dismissal
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sahil Parikh (debut)
b Bhuvneshwar
0
2
0
0
0.00
KL Rahul (wk)
c Jitesh b Hazlewood
1
3
0
0
33.33
Nitish Rana
c Padikkal b Hazlewood
1
9
0
0
11.11
Sameer Rizvi
c Padikkal b Hazlewood
0
1
0
0
0.00
Tristan Stubbs
c Padikkal b Bhuvneshwar
5
3
1
0
166.67
Axar Patel (c)
c Jitesh b Bhuvneshwar
0
3
0
0
0.00
David Miller
c Salt b Rasikh
19
18
3
0
105.56
Abhishek Porel ★ (Impact Sub)
b Hazlewood
30
33
3
0
90.91
Kyle Jamieson
lbw b Krunal
12
13
1
1
92.31
Kuldeep Yadav
b Suyash
3
11
0
0
27.27
Dushmantha Chameera (not out)
—
0
3
0
0
0.00
Extras: 4 (w 4) | Total: 75 all out in 16.3 overs | Run Rate: 4.55 | Powerplay: 13/6 (lowest in IPL full-game history)
Balls Remaining at All-Out: 21 (DC dismissed with 3.5 overs left)
Lowest DC total ever: 66 (2017) — this 75 is their third lowest ever
RCB Bowling — Historic Figures
Bowler
O
M
R
W
Econ
Note
Josh Hazlewood ★ (MOTM)
3.5
0
12
4
3.43
KL Rahul, Rizvi, Rana, Porel
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Purple Cap)
3
0
5
3
1.67
Parikh, Stubbs, Axar Patel
Rasikh Salam Dar
2
0
21
1
10.50
David Miller
Suyash Sharma
4
1
7
1
1.75
Kuldeep Yadav · 1 maiden
Krunal Pandya
2
0
9
1
4.50
Kyle Jamieson lbw
Romario Shepherd
2
0
21
0
10.50
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🎯 Bhuvneshwar’s Historic Spell: 3 overs, 0 maidens, 5 runs, 3 wickets — economy 1.67. His first ball bowled Sahil Parikh (debutant) — a searing yorker. His third over: Stubbs caught at slip (outswing), Axar caught at keeper (late outswing). After this spell, Bhuvneshwar now has 14 wickets in IPL 2026 — winning the Purple Cap ahead of Prasidh Krishna (12). His combined spell with Hazlewood: 6 overs, 7 wickets, 17 runs — one of the most destructive new-ball spells in IPL history.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar — 3/5 in 3 overs (Econ 1.67). Purple Cap with 14 wickets. His combined spell with Hazlewood — 7 wickets for 17 runs in 6 overs — is one of the great new-ball partnerships in IPL history.Virat Kohli — the first batter in IPL history to reach 9000 runs. He finished unbeaten on 23 off 15 (2 sixes off Natarajan to seal the win). Quiet in the context of a cricket occasion; enormous in the context of T20 history.
02
RCB Chase — 77 / 1 in 6.3 Overs
Chasing 76, RCB sent Jacob Bethell as Impact Player alongside Virat Kohli. The chase was never going to be dramatic. Bethell hit 20 off 11 balls (2 sixes, 1 four) before Kyle Jamieson had him brilliantly caught by T Natarajan running back from mid-on. Devdutt Padikkal came in and immediately attacked — 21 off his first 8 balls, reaching 34 not out from 13 with 3 fours and 3 sixes including back-to-back maximums off Natarajan.
Virat Kohli, at the non-striker’s end, was waiting for his moment. In the 7th over, facing Natarajan, he hit the first ball for six, the second for six. RCB won. And as the scoreboard clicked over, something else happened: Kohli became the first batter in IPL history to reach 9000 runs — the most by any player in the history of the tournament, by a margin of nearly 1000 runs.
Batter
Dismissal
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Jacob Bethell (Impact Sub)
c Natarajan b Jamieson
20
11
1
2
181.82
Devdutt Padikkal ★ (not out)
—
34
13
3
3
261.54
Virat Kohli (not out) — 9000 IPL RUNS ✨
—
23
15
1
2
153.33
Extras: 0 | Total: 77/1 in 6.3 overs | Run Rate: 11.85 | Balls Remaining: 81 | Sixes: 7 | Fours: 5
Win margin: 9 wickets — with 81 balls (13.5 overs) remaining. Third-largest RCB win by balls remaining in IPL history.
🏏 HISTORIC IPL MILESTONE — APRIL 27, 2026
Virat Kohli: First Batter to 9000 IPL Runs
“The only man to pass 8,000 IPL runs crossed the 9,000 landmark with an unbeaten 23 — scored while his teammate Padikkal was hitting sixes at the other end. Kohli simply waited, played his role, hit two sixes to seal the win, and quietly made history.”
9,000+
Total IPL Runs
253
IPL Innings
238
Matches Played
~1000
Ahead of 2nd place
03
Man of the Match
🏅 Player of the Match — IPL 2026 Match 39
Josh Hazlewood
RCB Royal Challengers Bengaluru · Australian Fast Bowler
4
Wickets
12
Runs Conceded
3.5
Overs
3.43
Economy Rate
“When that ball was nice and hard, it was tough to bat,” Hazlewood said. “Last year we summed up conditions quickly and adapted our games. Feel like we are hitting our straps again at the right time.” KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Abhishek Porel — four wickets for 12 runs in 3.5 overs. Including a hat-trick attempt (Stubbs survived ball 3). Including the final wicket that ended DC’s innings — a searing yorker that tailed in from around the wicket to shatter Porel’s stumps. Hazlewood’s IPL 2026 is now at 12 wickets from 8 games — one of the best fast bowling seasons in RCB’s history.
04
Star Performers
Josh Hazlewood
RCB · Fast Bowler · MOTM
4/12 (3.5 ov) · Econ 3.43
KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana and Abhishek Porel — four different types of deliveries for four wickets. From around the wicket to Rana (short), over the wicket to Porel (yorker), back of a length to Rahul. A masterclass in adapting length, angle and pace.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
RCB · Swing Bowler · Purple Cap
3/5 (3 ov) · Econ 1.67 · 14 wkts 2026
Bowled the debutant with ball 2. Swung the ball both ways to take Stubbs (outswing, edge to slip) and Axar (late outswing, edge to keeper). Three wickets for 5 runs. Economy 1.67. Wins the Purple Cap. In 2024-25, he was a perennial backup; in 2026, Bhuvneshwar is IPL’s most clinical swing bowler.
Devdutt Padikkal
RCB · Batter · Chase finisher
34* (13) · SR 261.54 · 3 Sixes
Didn’t even wait for the match to breathe. 22 off 8 balls by end of powerplay. Three sixes including two in succession off Natarajan. By the end of over 6, RCB needed 12 more. He has scored at SR 200+ in four consecutive innings now — the most dangerous sub-20-over batter in this IPL season.
Abhishek Porel
DC · Batter · Impact Sub · Lone fighter
30 (33) · Only DC batter to pass 20
Came in as impact sub at 8/6 in 3.5 overs and became DC’s only batter to cross 20. His 35-run stand with Miller was DC’s sole partnership of note. He took them past their previous lowest total of 66. Bowled by Hazlewood’s yorker for 30 — his best IPL score and DC’s top score by 11 runs.
Virat Kohli
RCB · Opener · History Maker
23* (15) · First to 9000 IPL runs
Quiet contribution — 23 unbeaten off 15 — but historic. Two sixes off Natarajan sealed the win and simultaneously took him to 9000 IPL runs: the first batter ever to reach that landmark in the history of the Indian Premier League, by approximately 1000 runs.
Suyash Sharma
RCB · Leg-Spinner
1/7 (4 ov) · Econ 1.75 · 1 Maiden
The most economical DC bowler on Saturday was Kuldeep Yadav; tonight Suyash Sharma conceded just 7 from 4 overs with a maiden against the DC tail. His dismissal of Kuldeep Yadav (bowled, 3 off 11) finished any semblance of DC resistance. Economy of 1.75 in an IPL match is extraordinary for a spinner.
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The Full Story
Context — The Same Pitch, A Different Planet: On Saturday, Delhi served up a belter of a pitch on which 265 played 264. Two days later, the adjacent surface produced a passage of play straight out of a spicy Test-match session. DC crumpled to 8 for 6 — their powerplay score of 13 was the lowest in a full IPL game — and were in danger of being dismissed for the lowest total in the league.
The Debutant’s Nightmare: Parakh, picked ahead of Prithvi Shaw, came in as a player with considerable reputation for an 18-year-old. DC’s director of cricket Venugopal Rao believes he can play for India one day, but on Monday, his IPL debut lasted all of two balls. Bhuvneshwar hit his edge first ball with an outswinger and knocked out his middle stump with an inswinger next ball.
Hazlewood’s Hat-Trick Ball: Tristan Stubbs denied Hazlewood a hat-trick, but in the next over he too edged behind, off Bhuvneshwar. With two slips in play, including a wide one, Rajat Patidar ramped up the pressure on DC and empowered his bowlers to keep attacking. When Bhuvneshwar also kissed Axar Patel’s edge, DC were 7 for 5 in the third over. It soon became 8 for 6 when Hazlewood dug a snorter into Nitish Rana’s armpit from around the wicket. Rana took his eyes off the ball and ended up fending it to Padikkal. Even RCB couldn’t believe what had just transpired. Tim David covered his face in disbelief.
Dust Storm, Brief Respite: A dust storm caused a brief stoppage, though it didn’t stop RCB from completing their demolition job with the ball. The Miller-Porel partnership added 35 for the 7th wicket and gave DC fleeting dignity — but the match was over before the 5th over ended.
DC’s Captain on the Collapse: “I still cannot understand what happened,” Delhi captain Axar Patel said. “In cricket you cannot take it easy for even one day. I was not surprised by the movement — they (Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood) are world-class bowlers.”
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Post-Match Reactions
🔴 Rajat Patidar — RCB (Winning Captain)
“Even I am surprised at how the game went. Bhuvi and Hazlewood were just outstanding — they swung the ball both ways, hit the perfect lengths. And then to see Virat cross 9000 runs… I think that milestone deserves more attention than it’s getting. He is the greatest IPL batter of all time by a wide margin. We’re in a great position in the table now.”
🔵 Axar Patel — DC (Losing Captain)
“I still cannot understand what happened. That is why they say you have to be on your toes at all times in cricket. Each day you have to be on your toes and keep doing what you have been doing well. You cannot take it easy for even one day. Tonight was a bad day. We have to be positive and do what we had been doing. Rather than thinking about what has happened, think about what is to come.”
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IPL 2026 Points Table — After Match 39
#
Team
M
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
Tonight
1
PBKS Punjab Kings
8
7
0
1
15
+2.1
—
2
RCB Royal Challengers Bengaluru
8
6
2
0
12
+1.919
WON ✓
3
SRH — Sunrisers Hyderabad
8
5
3
0
10
+0.7
—
4
RR — Rajasthan Royals
8
5
3
0
10
+0.6
—
5
GT — Gujarat Titans
8
4
4
0
8
+0.1
—
6
MI — Mumbai Indians
8
4
4
0
8
-0.2
—
7
DC Delhi Capitals
8
3
5
0
6
-1.060
LOST
8
CSK — Chennai Super Kings
8
3
4
0
6
-0.5
—
9
LSG — Lucknow Super Giants
8
2
6
0
4
-0.9
—
10
KKR — Kolkata Knight Riders
8
1
6
1
2
-1.4
—
📊 RCB’s surge: RCB remained 2nd but they bettered their net run rate to 1.919. DC slipped to 7th with 6 points and an NRR of -1.060. RCB are now just 3 points behind table-topping PBKS with 6 matches remaining. Their NRR improvement from tonight’s 9-wicket win in 6.3 overs is massive. DC’s playoff hopes are severely dented — three losses from their last five matches, and an NRR of -1.060 that would need a dramatic reversal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who won DC vs RCB IPL 2026 Match 39? +
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 9 wickets. DC were bowled out for 75 in 16.3 overs — the lowest total of IPL 2026. RCB chased 77/1 in just 6.3 overs at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on April 27, 2026. RCB won with 81 balls (13.5 overs) remaining.
What is DC’s lowest total in IPL history? +
DC’s lowest ever total is 66 (in 2017). Their 75 all out in Match 39 vs RCB is their third-lowest ever and the lowest total of IPL 2026. Their powerplay score of 13/6 is the lowest powerplay score in a full IPL match — breaking the record of 7/6 set by Kochi Tuskers vs Deccan Chargers in 2011.
What were Josh Hazlewood’s bowling figures? +
Josh Hazlewood took 4 wickets for 12 runs in 3.5 overs — economy 3.43. He dismissed KL Rahul (top-edges pull to keeper), Sameer Rizvi (thin edge caught slip), Nitish Rana (fends short ball to short leg) and Abhishek Porel (bowled by searing yorker). He was Man of the Match.
What were Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s figures? +
Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets for 5 runs in 3 overs — economy 1.67. He dismissed Sahil Parikh (bowled, second ball, inswinger), Tristan Stubbs (outswing caught slip) and Axar Patel (late outswing caught keeper). He takes the Purple Cap with 14 wickets in IPL 2026.
Did Virat Kohli reach 9000 IPL runs? +
Yes. Virat Kohli became the first batter in IPL history to reach 9000 runs during RCB’s chase of 76. He finished unbeaten on 23 off 15 balls (1 four, 2 sixes). He sealed the win with back-to-back sixes off T Natarajan and simultaneously passed the 9000-run landmark — by approximately 1000 runs ahead of the next highest scorer.
What is DC’s score after 3.5 overs? +
DC were 8 for 6 after 3.5 overs — six wickets for just 8 runs. Their powerplay score was 13 for 6 wickets — the lowest powerplay score in IPL history. The six wickets to fall included debutant Sahil Parikh (0), KL Rahul (1), Sameer Rizvi (0), Tristan Stubbs (5), Axar Patel (0) and Nitish Rana (1).
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