Bengaluru, April 18 -- Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel led a dramatic Delhi Capitals fightback with the ball before Lungi Ngidi's late double strike and a Krunal Pandya mix-up run-out halted Royal Challengers Bengaluru at 175 for 8 in the 26th match of the Indian Premier League 2026 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Saturday.
After RCB were powered early by Philip Salt's 63 and a brisk start from Virat Kohli, the innings swung sharply in Delhi's favour as Kuldeep and Axar applied the brakes in the middle overs, removing key batsmen and choking the scoring rate.
Salt's fluent knock and Tim David's counterattack briefly lifted RCB, but the turning point came in the back end of the innings, where chaos and control defined the final overs.
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