The ambiance at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium was electrical on Monday (April 27), however the flip of occasions in the course of the IPL 2026 match left everybody shocked. Delhi Capitals (DC) have been soundly defeated by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), however one other heavy defeat put them beneath immense stress and plenty of criticized their marketing campaign.
Regardless of scoring 264 runs in 20 overs, Delhi Capitals suffered an embarrassing six-wicket defeat towards Punjab Kings as they have been bowled out for simply 75 runs in 16.3 overs, struggling an embarrassing defeat of their second consecutive residence sport.
DDCA slams Delhi Capitals’ chaotic and inconsistent efficiency
RCB chased the goal in 6.3 overs with 9 wickets in hand on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday. After Delhi Capitals’ humiliation at residence, Delhi District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) director Shyam Sundar Sharma slammed the franchise’s inconsistent and complicated efficiency within the ongoing IPL 2026.
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He identified that Delhi Capitals had scored massive runs however collapsed in different video games, and mentioned their downside was not simply type but additionally luck.
ANI quoted the DDCA director as saying, “When Delhi scores 265, they may lose. If they do not even attain 100… their stars will not be aligned. There must be some rituals and prayers to make sure victory.”
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He additionally revealed how this DC vs RCB IPL 2026 match was an enormous increase as Kohli was enjoying at residence and mentioned he has by no means seen such an excessive demand for tickets in his profession. Sharma added: “In my 40 years of expertise, I’ve by no means felt a lot stress relating to match tickets as I did for this match.”
The DDCA chief additionally clarified that the criticism surrounding Virat Kohli is totally unjustified. He referred to as the previous Indian captain ‘Betaji Badshah’ and mentioned there isn’t a higher participant than him.
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Sharma concluded, “For individuals who say Virat is ‘achieved’, he will likely be enjoying for no less than 5 extra years. He’s Bindas Badshah, Betaj Badshah. There has by no means been a participant higher than him. It is just out of humility that he calls different gamers his seniors. The truth is, there isn’t a participant higher than him. Take a look at the dimensions of his fan following.”
Virat Kohli creates IPL historical past as RCB shines once more
Remarkably, the RCB icon made historical past as soon as once more. He grew to become the primary participant in IPL historical past to cross 9000 runs. Kohli has been in nice type this season, scoring an unbeaten knock of 23 off 15 runs in RCB’s massive win over DC.
He’s at the moment the season’s fourth main scorer with 351 runs. With this resounding victory, RCB strengthened their place at second place within the IPL 2026 factors desk with six wins from eight matches. Then again, Delhi suffered their fifth loss and fell to seventh place with six factors after enjoying eight video games to this point this season.
