KL Rahul out in another first over. Delhi Capitals (DC) lost an important wicket in the very first over of the second innings against Mumbai Indians (MI). MI keeper Ryan Rickelton took a brilliant catch to dismiss the DC opener. The bowler who took the wicket of KL Rahul was Deepak Chahar.
Mumbai Indians scored 162 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, which seems lower than the performance they had given that they have many stars and proven batsmen in their line-up. Since the wicket seemed a bit difficult to bat on, home team Delhi Capitals needed a batsman like KL Rahul, who could play a good innings.
Another disappointing batting performance from DC opener KL Rahul
In their last match also, DC had lost the wicket of Rahul at the beginning of the innings. Against Lucknow Super Giants, Mohammed Shami dismissed the versatile batsman for a golden duck. Today against MI he got only 1 run in 3 balls.
Delhi Capitals fans have high expectations from this batsman who played some brilliant innings last season. Ahead of the IPL 2026 campaign, he was also in good form for the Karnataka cricket team.
KL Rahul scored a lot of runs for Karnataka in the 2025-26 season
In the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season, the right-handed batsman scored 470 runs in 7 matches at an average of 78.33 for Karnataka. In those seven matches, Rahul registered a few centuries and a few half-centuries as well. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26, the batsman had a batting average of 30.00 after playing only 2 innings.
If we talk about his batting statistics of IPL 2025, in one word it was fantastic. In 13 innings, the Delhi Capitals opener scored 539 runs with the help of one century and three half-centuries at a strike rate of 149.72. DC’s performance last season was promising and one of the reasons behind it was KL Rahul.
Delhi Capitals suffered a big blow at the very beginning of the match.
Talking about the ongoing DC vs MI match, Deepak Chahar bowled a good length delivery on the fourth ball of the first over of the second innings. Leaning below the leg stump line. Since there was no movement in the delivery, the ball went straight. Rahul tried to guide the ball behind the leg side. Due to poor execution, the ball went just past the stumps, Ryan Rickelton was ready for the moment, diving the ball to his left.
This was a huge blow for Delhi Capitals and a relief for Mumbai Indians as the batsman could have been a real threat and momentum changer in the game. DC can still win the game as there is a lot of firepower left in their batting line-up.
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