Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Live Score, IPL 2026 T20: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) posted 175 on the board as they stumbled in the slog overs and made just 29 runs in the last over. Apart from Phil Salt (63 of 38 balls), he was the only player from the Bengaluru-based side to score more than 20 runs (Tim David with 24 of 17). Jitesh Sharma (14 of 20) had a nightmare outing. Axar Patel (2-18), Kuldeep Yadav (2-32), and Lungi Ngidi (2-39) took two wickets each.
Earlier, Axar Patel won the toss and chose to bowl first. Rajat Patidar claimed that he wanted to bat first anyway. Both teams have made no changes to their playing XI.
Toss: RCB won the toss, chose to bowl first
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Rasikh Salam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, , Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal
Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Auqib Nabi Dar, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana
Weather Report: No rain is expected. With the game being in the afternoon, heat will be an issue. The temperatures will rise to 22 and 35 degrees Celsius.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will face each other at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The defending champions will look for a third win in a row after winning the previous two matches.
RCB will wear green jerseys as per their annual annual ‘green initiative.’
On the other hand, DC will hope to win this fixture and get back to winning ways. The Axar Patel-led side started the season with two wins in ar row but since have lost two matches. Another defeat will put massive pressure on them.
RCB squad: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chouhan, Mangesh Yadav, Jacob Duffy, Swapnil Singh, Nuwan Thushara, Jacob Bethell, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Satvik Deswal
DC squad: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Auqib Nabi Dar, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Vipraj Nigam, Ashutosh Sharma, Karun Nair, Dushmantha Chameera, Nitish Rana, Mitchell Starc, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Madhav Tiwari
