Delhi Capitals score 203/5 at the end of their 20 overs against <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-deep-dasgupta-heaps-praise-on-manish-pandey-rovman-powell-crucial-partnership-against-mi-23631552" rel="nofollow">Kolkata Knight Riders</a> at the Eden Gardens.
KL Rahul was the star with the bat for DC as he scored 60 runs in 30 balls. Axar Patel chipped in with a crucial 39 in 25 balls before a strong finish to the innings by David Miller took the visitors to 203/5 after 20 overs.
For KKR, Saurabh Dubey was the best bowler, taking 2 wickets in his four overs. Sunil Narine and Anukul Roy chipped in with a wicket each.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Rahane was happy to bowl first. The KKR skipper was happy with his team's comeback after a poor start this season.
"We will bowl first. It&rsquo;s pretty simple. We know the scenario depending on what&rsquo;s going to happen in the previous game, which is happening right now. But regardless of that, we don&rsquo;t know what the result will be. Also, the wicket looks really good. So yes, it&rsquo;s very simple. It&rsquo;s still a game of cricket to be played, and the last six games have been fantastic for us. We still want to compete and win this game. As I said, we don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s going to happen, but whenever you play a game of cricket, you always look to win. Really proud of the unit, especially because it&rsquo;s not easy to come back from the situation we were in. Same team." <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-kkr-skipper-ajinkya-rahane-speaks-about-four-wicket-win-against-rr-23626509" rel="nofollow">Rahane </a>said.
Axar Patel admitted that he was looking to bowl first too. The DC captain said that his team is eager to finish the campaign with a win.
"I would have bowled first because, the way this tournament has gone, we&rsquo;ve done well while chasing. So yes, looking at that, we would&rsquo;ve bowled first. But it&rsquo;s not bad because the wicket looks good and even if we look ahead to next year, though that&rsquo;s still far away, if we bat first, our batsmen will get an opportunity to understand how to approach batting first as well. No, I don&rsquo;t think we should see it like a bad dream. Obviously, there&rsquo;s a lot of reflection and thought about what we could&rsquo;ve done better or changed." <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/it-was-class-bowling-in-last-six-overs-dc-skipper-axar-23631099" rel="nofollow">Axar Patel</a> said.
<h2>Confirmed Playing XI for both teams:</h2>
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Manish Pandey, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya(w), Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Saurabh Dubey, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kartik Tyagi
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Abishek Porel, KL Rahul(w), Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Nabi Dar, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi

IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals score 203/5 at the end of their 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens. Both teams are out of playoffs

IPL 2026: KL Rahul stars with 60; DC score 203 runs against KKR

IPL 2026: KKR win the toss and elect to bowl first against DC

Delhi Capitals score 203/5 at the end of their 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.

IPL 2026: KL Rahul scores 60; DC post 203/5 against KKR

Trending Stories

Latest Photos

Latest Videos

Latest Web Stories

Mid-Day Fast

Home / Sports / Cricket / Article / IPL 2026: KL Rahul scores 60; DC post 203/5 against KKR