#RCB #Pitch #perfect #Hazlewood #Bhuvneshwar #show #restore #IPLs #batball #balance">DC vs RCB: Pitch perfect Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar show how to restore IPL’s bat-ball balance
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s new-ball pair, Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, offered a reminder on Monday that high-class bowling, with a hint of assistance from the surface, can restore the bat-ball balance in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).
The IPL has become a batter’s paradise, with flat pitches and short boundaries contributing to sky-high scores and teams routinely chasing down 200-plus totals.
The Impact Player rule, which allows teams to replace a bowler with a specialist batter during a match, has also contributed to what critics say is a lack of balance between bat and ball this season.
On Saturday, Delhi Capitals racked up 264 for two, briefly the season’s highest total, and yet watched helplessly as Punjab Kings pulled off a record chase with seven balls to spare.
Two days later, however, on a different, livelier surface at the same Arun Jaitley Stadium, Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar claimed seven wickets between them and bundled out Delhi for 75.
Delhi lost six wickets inside four overs, a stark contrast to the batting carnage often seen during PowerPlays.
Both Bengaluru seamers bowled the conventional Test match length and got the ball to swing around.
“Even I’m surprised the way the wicket played,” Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said.
“The way they hit those areas and got that bit of swing, that was tremendous to see. I think the swing was normal, and the good thing was we got early wickets and that’s why it kept us in the driving seat.”
Delhi captain Axar Patel said they struggled against two world-class bowlers.
“They swing the ball and have done it at every ground,” he added. “If our openers or one-down batters had batted one or two more overs, it could have been a different score or a different match. Credit to them for the way they bowled.”
Heightening the sense of disbelief about the evening was the fact that 529 runs had been scored for the loss of just six wickets across two innings on an adjacent pitch just 48 hours ago.
Bhuvneshwar sparked the collapse. With debutant Sahil Parakh on strike in the opening over, the 36-year-old conjured up an inswinging yorker to uproot middle stump. He would also account for Tristan Stubbs and Axar in the third over.
From the other end, Hazlewood was just as spellbinding. Off his first two balls, he dismissed K.L. Rahul and Sameer Rizvi. Rahul was hurried by a bouncer, miscuing a pull to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Rizvi was enticed into a loose drive to a ball wide of off-stump.
The others crumbled predictably like a pack of cards, with Hazlewood fittingly ending the Capitals’ misery by cleaning up Porel with a yorker.
Heightening the sense of disbelief about the evening was the fact that 529 runs had been scored for the loss of just six wickets across two innings on an adjacent pitch just 48 hours ago.
Bhuvneshwar sparked the collapse. With debutant Sahil Parakh on strike in the opening over, the 36-year-old conjured up an inswinging yorker to uproot middle stump. He would also account for Tristan Stubbs and Axar in the third over.
From the other end, Hazlewood was just as spellbinding. Off his first two balls, he dismissed K.L. Rahul and Sameer Rizvi. Rahul was hurried by a bouncer, miscuing a pull to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Rizvi was enticed into a loose drive to a ball wide of off-stump.
The others crumbled predictably like a pack of cards, with Hazlewood fittingly ending the Capitals’ misery by cleaning up Porel with a yorker.
Published on Apr 27, 2026
#RCB #IPL #Hazlewood #Bhuvneshwar #Royal #Challengers #Bengaluru #crush #Delhi #Capitals">DC vs RCB, IPL 2026: Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar help Royal Challengers Bengaluru crush Delhi Capitals
The venue was Delhi. The format was T20. But at the start of Monday’s fixture at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the IPL, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood were so irresistible with the new ball that the proceedings resembled a Test match unfolding on a green deck in Dunedin.
If Bhuvneshwar teased Delhi Capitals’ batters with swing from a good length, Hazlewood tormented the opposition with the short delivery. The deadly combination broke the back of the host inside the PowerPlay, and made victory for Royal Challengers Bengaluru a matter of formality.
Both pacers scalped three wickets each in their opening spells as Capitals were incredulously reduced to eight for six in 3.5 overs, with the scores of the top six reading 0, 1, 1, 0, 5, 0. The record of the lowest total in IPL history — 49 by RCB against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017 — was in danger for a while, but Abishek Porel and David Miller put together 35 for the seventh wicket to avert that ignominy.
Eventually, Hazlewood finished with figures of 3.3-0-12-4 as DC folded up for 75. The defending champion took just 6.3 overs to clinch a nine-wicket win, leaving Axar Patel and Co. with a lot of soul-searching to do in the coming days.
Heightening the sense of disbelief about the evening was the fact that 529 runs had been scored for the loss of just six wickets across two innings on an adjacent pitch just 48 hours ago.
Bhuvneshwar sparked the collapse. With debutant Sahil Parakh on strike in the opening over, the 36-year-old conjured up an inswinging yorker to uproot middle stump. He would also account for Tristan Stubbs and Axar in the third over.
From the other end, Hazlewood was just as spellbinding. Off his first two balls, he dismissed K.L. Rahul and Sameer Rizvi. Rahul was hurried by a bouncer, miscuing a pull to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Rizvi was enticed into a loose drive to a ball wide of off-stump.
The others crumbled predictably like a pack of cards, with Hazlewood fittingly ending the Capitals’ misery by cleaning up Porel with a yorker.
Rajat Patidar during the net practice ahead of the IPL 2026 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals.
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SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Rajat Patidar during the net practice ahead of the IPL 2026 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals.
| Photo Credit:
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the encounter between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in New Delhi on Monday.
The Royal Challengers, the defending champions, have started the season exceedingly well, and currently occupy second place on the table with 10 points in seven games. The side, however, succumbed to defeats against the Rajasthan Royals and the Capitals at home.
The Axar Patel-led team enters the contest after a punishing loss at the hands of the Punjab Kings. The side couldn’t prevent the opponent from chasing down the target of 265. To make matters worse, pacer Lungi Ngidi also suffered an injury setback while fielding.
Date: 27 April, 2026; 7:30 pm
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
Current Standings
RCB is currently 2nd on the table (5 wins in 7 games), while DC is 7th (3 wins, 4 losses).
Previous game
In a high-stakes encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a last-over thriller to break their two-match losing streak during the 2026 IPL season.
Good evening!
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 contest between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the capital.
Stay tuned for live scores and all updates from the game as the Capitals looks to climb up the fifth with a win.
Rajat Patidar during the net practice ahead of the IPL 2026 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals.
| Photo Credit:
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Rajat Patidar during the net practice ahead of the IPL 2026 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals.
| Photo Credit:
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the encounter between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in New Delhi on Monday.
The Royal Challengers, the defending champions, have started the season exceedingly well, and currently occupy second place on the table with 10 points in seven games. The side, however, succumbed to defeats against the Rajasthan Royals and the Capitals at home.
The Axar Patel-led team enters the contest after a punishing loss at the hands of the Punjab Kings. The side couldn’t prevent the opponent from chasing down the target of 265. To make matters worse, pacer Lungi Ngidi also suffered an injury setback while fielding.
Date: 27 April, 2026; 7:30 pm
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
Current Standings
RCB is currently 2nd on the table (5 wins in 7 games), while DC is 7th (3 wins, 4 losses).
Previous game
In a high-stakes encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a last-over thriller to break their two-match losing streak during the 2026 IPL season.
Good evening!
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 contest between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the capital.
Stay tuned for live scores and all updates from the game as the Capitals looks to climb up the fifth with a win.
Published on Apr 27, 2026
#RCB #Live #Score #IPL #Capitals #bounce #demoralising #loss #Royal #Challengers #injured #Salt">DC vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2026: Capitals look to bounce back from demoralising loss; Royal Challengers without injured Salt
DC vs RCB Live Score: Catch the latest scores, updates and highlights from the IPL 2026 encounter between the Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
Rajat Patidar during the net practice ahead of the IPL 2026 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals.
| Photo Credit:
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Rajat Patidar during the net practice ahead of the IPL 2026 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals.
| Photo Credit:
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the encounter between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in New Delhi on Monday.
The Royal Challengers, the defending champions, have started the season exceedingly well, and currently occupy second place on the table with 10 points in seven games. The side, however, succumbed to defeats against the Rajasthan Royals and the Capitals at home.
The Axar Patel-led team enters the contest after a punishing loss at the hands of the Punjab Kings. The side couldn’t prevent the opponent from chasing down the target of 265. To make matters worse, pacer Lungi Ngidi also suffered an injury setback while fielding.
Date: 27 April, 2026; 7:30 pm
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
Current Standings
RCB is currently 2nd on the table (5 wins in 7 games), while DC is 7th (3 wins, 4 losses).
Previous game
In a high-stakes encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a last-over thriller to break their two-match losing streak during the 2026 IPL season.
Good evening!
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 contest between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the capital.
Stay tuned for live scores and all updates from the game as the Capitals looks to climb up the fifth with a win.
#RCB #IPL #Live #Streaming #Info #watch #Delhi #Capitals #Royal #Challengers #Bengaluru">DC vs RCB IPL 2026, Live Streaming Info: When, where to watch Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru?
Delhi Capitals will look to bounce back from a demoralising defeat against the Punjab Kings when it takes on second-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday.
Despite putting up 264/2 on the board against the Kings, the opponent chased the target down with an over to spare, condemning DC to its fourth loss in five games.
Here are the live streaming and telecast details:
Where will the Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match be played?
The Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
When will the Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match be played?
The Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match will be played on April 27, 2026 (Monday).
At what time will the Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match start?
The Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
At what time will the toss for the Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match take place?
The toss for the Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match will take place at 7:00 PM IST.
Which TV channel will broadcast Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match?
The Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match will be televised live on the Star SportsNetwork in India.
How can one watch the live streaming of Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match online?
The Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 match will be streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website.
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