Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals Highlights, IPL 2026: KL Rahul, Tristan Stubbs Smash Half Tons To Seal 6-Wicket Victory for Delhi Capitals
✍️ Written by: Uzma Fatima
RCB vs DC Live Cricket Score, IPL 2026 match 26: Royal Challengers Bengaluru chase the top spot in the Indian Premier League as the struggling Delhi Capitals look to end their winless run at the M Chinnaswamy stadium today. Check the live updates from the match here.
RCB vs DC Highlights, IPL 2026 Match 26, 18 April 2026 : Delhi Capitals pulled off a thrilling chase to defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 wickets, chasing down 176 with 1 ball to spare at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB posted 175/8, with a strong start from Virat Kohli and Phil Salt, but lost momentum in the middle overs and for the first time they missed to touch the 200-mark in this season. Chasing the below-par target, DC had a shaky start at 18/3, but KL Rahul steadied the innings with a 57 off 34 balls. Tristan Stubbs then played a crucial anchor role with an unbeaten 60 off 47 balls. The game came down to the final over, where David Miller held his nerve and smashed two sixes and a boundary to seal the win.
RCB vs DC IPL 2026 : Match Venue & Pitch Report
The Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch is still regarded as a batting heaven and this match may also see the batters having a good time. It is a 54 meters square with boundary of around 60 meters which in effect allows the bowlers very little room for error. The surface is expected to be flat with true bounce and pace which will enable the batters to play their shots even from the beginning. In terms of numbers, this place has regularly seen high scoring games with the average total at the end of first innings being around 167. The highest score made here is an enormous 287 whereas the lowest is 95. Typically, teams tend to lose only about 6 wickets. Besides 33 of the 40 matches that have been played at this ground being dominated by the batters, there were only 7 matches in which the bowlers had a significant impact.
How to Watch RCB vs DC Live Streaming & TV Broadcast
The IPL 2026 matches are available for live streaming on the JioHotstar. Fans can watch the match on TV on the Star Sports Network channels.
🏏 Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Playing XI
| No. | Player | Role |
| 1 | Phil Salt ✈️ (WK) | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | Top-order Batter |
| 3 | Devdutt Padikkal | Top-order Batter |
| 4 | Rajat Patidar (C) | Top-order Batter |
| 5 | Jitesh Sharma (WK) | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| 6 | Tim David ✈️ | Middle-order Batter |
| 7 | Romario Shepherd ✈️ | Bowling Allrounder |
| 8 | Krunal Pandya | Allrounder |
| 9 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Bowler |
| 10 | Suyash Sharma | Bowler |
| 11 | Josh Hazlewood ✈️ | Bowler |
🪑 RCB Players on Bench
| No. | Player | Role |
| 12 | Rasikh Salam | Bowler |
| 13 | Vicky Ostwal | Bowler |
| 14 | Mangesh Yadav | Allrounder |
| 15 | Venkatesh Iyer | Allrounder |
| 16 | Jordan Cox ✈️ (WK) | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| 17 | Abhinandan Singh | Bowler |
| 18 | Jacob Bethell ✈️ | Batting Allrounder |
| 19 | Kanishk Chouhan | Bowling Allrounder |
| 20 | Satvik Deswal | Bowler |
| 21 | Jacob Duffy ✈️ | Bowler |
| 22 | Vihaan Malhotra | Batting Allrounder |
| 23 | Swapnil Singh | Bowler |
| 24 | Nuwan Thushara ✈️ | Bowler |
🏏 Delhi Capitals – Playing XI
| No. | Player | Role |
| 1 | KL Rahul (WK) | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| 2 | Pathum Nissanka ✈️ | Top-order Batter |
| 3 | Sameer Rizvi | Allrounder |
| 4 | Axar Patel (C) | Allrounder |
| 5 | David Miller ✈️ | Middle-order Batter |
| 6 | Tristan Stubbs ✈️ (WK) | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| 7 | Auqib Nabi | Bowler |
| 8 | Lungi Ngidi ✈️ | Bowler |
| 9 | Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| 10 | T Natarajan | Bowler |
| 11 | Mukesh Kumar | Bowler |
🪑 DC Players on Bench
| No. | Player | Role |
| 12 | Ashutosh Sharma | Batting Allrounder |
| 13 | Nitish Rana | Middle-order Batter |
| 14 | Vipraj Nigam | Bowler |
| 15 | Karun Nair | Top-order Batter |
| 16 | Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ | Bowler |
| 17 | Abishek Porel (WK) | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| 18 | Kyle Jamieson ✈️ | Bowler |
| 19 | Ajay Mandal | Allrounder |
| 20 | Sahil Parakh | Top-order Batter |
| 21 | Prithvi Shaw | Opening Batter |
| 22 | Mitchell Starc ✈️ | Bowler |
| 23 | Madhav Tiwari | Allrounder |
| 24 | Tripurana Vijay | Bowler |
Live Updates
- 19:15 (IST) 18 Apr 2026
RCB vs DC, IPL 2026 Live Score: David Miller Wins It For DC!
David Miller redeems himself, winning the crucial clash against defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The left-handed batter scored the winning runs after the Capitals needed 13 runs in four balls. He struck a couple of sixes and a four in the final over from Romario Shepherd to win the game by six wickets.
- 18:45 (IST) 18 Apr 2026
RCB vs DC, IPL 2026 Live Score: Fifty For Stubbs!
It is Tristan Stubbs who has brought the Delhi Capitals back into this game. The South African batter scored a sensational half-century in 41 balls, anchoring the chase for his team.
- 18:01 (IST) 18 Apr 2026
RCB vs DC, IPL 2026 Live Score: How's The Chase Going?
- 17:22 (IST) 18 Apr 2026
RCB vs DC, IPL 2026 Live Score: Innings Break
RCB: 175/8This is the lowest team total RCB posted this IPL season. They finish on 175/8, but this looked like a 200+ total at one stage, especially with Phil Salt’s 63 off 38 setting things up perfectly. Even Virat Kohli and Tim David chipped in with 19 and 26 respectively but things just fell apart towards the end.Delhi Capitals completely flipped the game in the last 5 overs, just 29 runs and 4 wickets. The final two overs were even tighter, only 8 runs, and that run-out + Jitesh dismissal summed up the chaos. Jitesh never got going (14 off 20), and...
- 17:15 (IST) 18 Apr 2026
RCB vs DC, IPL 2026 Live Score: Run Out!
No, there was magic done by KL Rahul and Lungi Ngidi instead. Ngidi fires it down the leg side, it’s called a wide. Krunal Pandya is forced into a run he clearly didn’t want, hesitates, and KL Rahul is lightning quick behind the stumps.
RCB: 172–7(19.3)
