Delhi Capitals Fight Back as RCB Slump to 131/4 After Rajat Patidar’s Dismissal

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|18-04-2026

Delhi Capitals staged a strong comeback after bagging three quick wickets of RCB’s batting line-up and gaining momentum during the IPL 2026 game at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The bagged the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar as RCB lost 4 wickets for 131 runs.

After being invited to bat first, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli opened the innings while Auqib Nabi opened the bowling attack.

With a decent start from the opener duo, Lungi Ngidi bagged the wicket of Virat Kohli for 19 runs.

The veteran batter attempted for a big shot on a length outside off, where Pathum Nissanka picked the catch at deep cover.

With Padikkal joining Salt at creae, the latter acce the innings helping the side to post 59 runs in the powerplay.

He slams second fifty of this season. On the other hand, Axar Patel brought a breakthrough dismissing Padikka for 18 runs. Padikkal went on to smash the ball over longon where David Miller caught the ball.

In the very next over, Kuldeep Yadav picked the wicket of Phil Salt for 63 runs. His knock came from 38 deliveries which included 4 fours and 3 sixes.

He got dismissed on short delivery where the ball went flat into the long off and Stubbs took the catch safely.

Mukesh Kumar bagged the wicket of Rajat Patidar for 8 runs. Mukesh deliveried a full delivery wide off and Rajat Patidar gone for a shot without moving the feet and caught back behind the wicket by KL Rahul behind the wickets.

After the dismissal, Tim David is taking on Delhi Capitals bowlers aiming to set a target across 200 runs.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood

Delhi Capitals Playing 11: 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 Playing 11: 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

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