RCB vs DC: David Miller had a debt to settle. Ten days ago, against Gujarat Titans, he turned down a tie and cost Delhi Capitals the match. On Saturday night at the Chinnaswamy, with 13 needed off four balls, he settled it in full.
RCB vs DC: What Happened in the Match
Miller crashed Romario Shepherd for six, six, four off consecutive deliveries to seal a six-wicket win for DC with a ball to spare, handing RCB their first home defeat of IPL 2026 and only their second loss of the season. Shepherd, bowling his first over of the match, could not hold his length under pressure, and Miller made him pay with ruthless precision.
Tristan Stubbs was the architect of the chase, making an unbeaten 60 that kept DC composed through a difficult middle period. KL Rahul had given the innings its early momentum with 57 off 34 balls, including a remarkable sequence of 22 runs taken off Josh Hazlewood, extending his extraordinary T20 record against the Australian to 135 runs off 78 balls. When Rahul fell in the 11th over, holing out off Krunal Pandya, Stubbs steadied things and held the innings together until Miller could finish it.
RCB had posted 175 for 8, a total that looked competitive but proved insufficient. Phil Salt top-scored with 63 off 38 balls, and the innings threatened to build into something larger before Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel applied the brakes through the middle overs. RCB went 25 balls without a boundary at one stage and scored just two in their final six overs. Former skipper Faf du Plessis assessed at the interval that the hosts were ten runs short. He was right.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave RCB every chance with a devastating opening burst, removing Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair and Sameer Rizvi inside three overs to reduce DC to 18 for 3. He finished with 3 for 26 but could not defend the total once Rahul and Stubbs found their groove.
Miller, though, had the final word. And this time, it was the right one.
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