Delhi vs Bengaluru, Live Score, Match 39, Indian Premier League, 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sahil Parakh, OUT! CASTLED! An absolute ripper from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Too good a ball for even the best of batters, let alone this 18-year-old debutant. A two-ball duck for Sahil Parakh on debut. Kumar nails the yorker, this swings back in late at the toes. Parakh hurriedly drops his bat down, but is beaten on the inside edge, and the ball brushes the back pad before uprooting the middle pole.

Josh Hazlewood to KL Rahul, OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND GONE! Josh Hazlewood strikes with his first ball and DC have been rocked early. Dug in short by Hazlewood, around the right shoulder. Rahul swivels and tries to take it on, but the ball gets big on him and he fails to get on top of the bounce. It is skied off a top edge behind the stumps on the leg side. The keeper, Jitesh Sharma, runs forward and calls others out of the way. Settles under it and does the rest. An unbeaten 152 on Saturday, and just 1 tonight. The game truly is a great leveller. The Capitals are 2/2 in 1.1 overs.

Josh Hazlewood to Nitish Rana, OUT! CAUGHT! Nitish Rana bites the dust now. Hazlewood bends his back and goes short this time, under the left armpit. Rana fails to react quickly and leaves his bat hanging around his chest as he tries to fend it off. He takes his eyes off the ball, and it climbs onto him. It balloons off the gloves behind the wicket on the off side, where Devdutt Padikkal moves to his left from slip and snaffles it with ease.

Josh Hazlewood to Sameer Rizvi, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Two in two for Josh Hazlewood and RCB have made a commanding start to the game. Hazlewood bowls it fuller this time and outside off. Rizvi's eyes light up as he sees the width on offer. His feet go nowhere and he goes for the expansive drive well away from his body. The ball takes the feather of an outside edge and Jitesh Sharma gobbles it up. A golden duck for Rizvi. A bit of lean patch continues for him after a promising start to the tournament.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tristan Stubbs, OUT! CAUGHT! A nothing shot from Tristan Stubbs, and he pays the ultimate price. RCB's new ball attack is all over DC like a rash. A seam-up ball by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, on a good length, curving away a touch. Stubbs has a waft at the ball with a straightish blade, well away from his body. The ball leaves him to take the outside edge, and Devdutt Padikkal at a slightly wide slip takes the catch around his left thigh. Two wickets for Hazlewood and now two to Bhuvi's name too. DC are 7/4 in 2.1 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Off the edge this time, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has his third wicket. Unbelievable scenes in Delhi. DC are 7/5 inside 3 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar sticks to the line around the left-hander's off stump and keeps it on a good length. Axar looks to cover the line and keep it out on the off side. The ball skids through and does not rise as much as the DC skipper anticipated. It grazes the toe of the blade before going behind to the keeper. Jitesh Sharma leans forward and gets his gloves out in front to scoop the catch cleanly with his gloves under the ball.

Josh Hazlewood to Abishek Porel, OUT! BOWLED! DELHI CAPITALS ARE BOWLED OUT ON 75. Hazlewood responds in the most typical way a fast bowler does. At 144 kph, Josh cannons in a pinpoint yorker, landing it right at the base of the middle stump. Abishek Porel bends low and tries to squeeze it out to the off side, but his bat comes after the ball is pitched, and he sees the stumps in an absolute mess behind. Josh Hazlewood ends with a 4-for.

Rasikh Salam to David Miller, OUT! CAUGHT! The commentator's curse strikes. Sunil Gavaskar just said on air after the previous ball that a recovery is in effect for DC, and the very next ball, David Miller falls. Salam stays around the wicket and bangs it into the wicket, over off. Miller swivels and looks to play more of a short-arm jab off the back foot. He is slightly early into the shot, and it is skied off the top edge of the bat beside the strip on the off side. The keeper, Jitesh Sharma calls for it as he runs in and does the rest. The 35-run stand has been broken. DC are 43/7 with one end up now open for RCB as they are into the tail.

Krunal Pandya to Kyle Jamieson, OUT! LBW! Krunal Pandya opens his account now and the slide continues for the Capitals. He bowls a round-arm delivery, on a lower trajectory, on a length, in front of the sticks. Kyle Jamieson is pinned in the crease and tries to work it across but plays all around it and is beaten, being hit on the flap of the back pad. A big shout for LBW and up goes the finger. Kyle Jamieson first starts walking away, but after having a word with Porel, he goes upstairs for a review. Nothing on UltraEdge and the Ball Tracking shows that the ball is projected to clip the top of the middle pole. It is umpire's call, and the on-field decision is upheld. Kyle Jamieson has to walk back, and DC are 62/8.

Suyash Sharma to Kuldeep Yadav, OUT! OUTFOXED! Superb stuff from Suyash to get his first wicket. He lands it around the off stump, on a shortish length and it grips prodigiously back into the batter. Kuldeep Yadav hangs back and looks to whip it across, but ends up playing all around it. The ball beats the inside edge, sneaks through the gap between bat and pad and crashes into the stumps behind. Delhi Capitals are 71/9 after 15.3 overs.

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, OUT! HIGH UP AND TAKEN! Geez, that's a sensational catch from T Natarajan. A slower one, floated up on a length at 122.6 kph, angling it close to the off stump. Bethell backs away to the leg side and swings at it, but the timing is all wrong. The ball climbs high into the sky, just not far enough in the long on region. T Natarajan runs a good 20-25 yards behind over his right shoulder and sees the ball like a hawk and catches it. He keeps running with the momentum but just manages to pull the handbrake before the ropes. However, the on-field umpires want to have a look at the legality of the catch. The replays show that Natarajan is not in contact with the boundary ropes, and it is a clean catch. If this game has offered very little else for the Delhi Capitals, at least they have this moment. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 26/1, chasing 76 runs. Devdutt Padikkal is in at number 3.