Delhi Capitals (DC) clinched a medical five-wicket win towards Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 62 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, Might 17, to maintain themselves alive within the race for the playoffs.
RR began with their opening duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi firing, however it didn’t final lengthy, as the previous departed within the second over itself. In got here Dhruv Jurel, however he was taking part in second fiddle as Sooryavanshi took cost via the powerplay and a few overs past for his 46 off 21 deliveries earlier than Madhav Tiwari acquired the higher of him.
Later, Jurel and skipper Riyan Parag made mild work of the center overs, staging a 72-run stand for the third wicket earlier than Mitchell Starc stole the present with three wickets within the third over of his spell. Starc’s spell modified the complexion of the sport fully, as RR secured solely 193-8 after 20 overs, at the very least 20-25 runs in need of the place they might in any other case have preferred to finish up, as Parag himself admitted to.
Other than Starc’s four-for and Madhav Tiwari’s couple of scalps, Lungi Ngidi additionally stood out for the Capitals, choosing up two wickets in direction of the dying however, most significantly, conceding simply 24 runs off his 4. Captain Axar Patel was additionally fairly frugal in his 4 overs, having allowed for less than 29 off his bowling. Now it was as much as the batters to take the onus and do the duty that was lower out for them.
The openers, KL Rahul and Abishek Porel, didn’t waste any time in any respect, accumulating 72 within the powerplay itself. In simply 10 overs, the 2 had put up 105 runs on the board with none hassle by any means, however Porel needed to make his manner again to the huddle after holing out to Donovan Ferreira within the deep off Brijesh Sharma. Sahil Parakh could not do a lot and was undone by Jofra Archer within the thirteenth over.
A few overs therefore, Rahul additionally chopped one onto the stumps off a Dasun Shanaka supply, however Axar saved his cool and saved the scoreboard ticking, with the run price being pretty in attain. At one level, it appeared fairly tough in direction of the dying, however Ferreira bowling the eighteenth over meant that Axar and David Miller churned out a few sixes to drag issues additional of their favour.
There was a slight hiccup as Miller gave one to Shanaka on the deep mid-wicket within the penultimate over, however it didn’t matter, as Ashutosh Sharma (18* off 5) arrived on the crease to complete issues rapidly along with his brisk cameo to seal the deal. Delhi ultimately gained the match with 5 balls and as many wickets remaining.
Listed below are the funniest memes from DC vs RR, Match 62 of IPL 2026
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