Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins have returned to action with their respective franchises midway through the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), while another Australian star fast bowler Mitchell Starc is still to play his first match with Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL 2026. After the horror show against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Arun Jaitley StadiumDC captain Axar Patel provided an update on Starc’s availability.
Speaking after DC’s defeat against the defending champions, the DC captain revealed that Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc has joined them and has also received the required No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the IPL 2026 season. Mitchell Starc is expected to play for the Delhi-based franchise from next month. However, Mitchell Starc’s involvement will be subject to workload management.
When will Mitchell Starc be available to play for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026?
Axar Patel said during the post-match press conference, “Yes, Mitchell Starc has joined. He has got the NOC for the first time, so he can play after that. His workload is being monitored. Whenever he is available, we will consider playing him.”
against the home team, Delhi CapitalsRCB fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was giving his all, just like Bhuvneshwar Kumar. With both these fast bowlers in great form, RCB restricted DC to 9 for 6. Inside the fourth over of the first innings of the match, Delhi Capitals surprisingly lost 6 of their batsmen and scored only 13 runs in the powerplay, which is the lowest score ever in the powerplay in IPL history.
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A night to forget for Delhi Capitals
The team, which scored 264 runs in 20 overs in its last match, was out for just 75 runs. Abhishek Porel And David Miller offered some resistance against RCB’s aggressive bowling attack, but even that was not enough to take Delhi to a respectable score. While Porel got 30 out of 33, Miller got 19 out of 18.
Josh Hazlewood was named player of the match for his bowling of 4/12 in 3.3 overs. During his spell, the fast bowler dismissed KL Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi and Abhishek Porel. His bowling partner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the wickets of debutant Sahil Parakh, Tristan Stubbs and Axar Patel. Kumar took these three wickets in 3 overs at an economy rate of 1.67.
Hazlewood and Kumar display poetry in DC vs Pace
RCB’s fast bowling duo displayed class and well-controlled bowling during their respective spells. With proper homework, he performed as per plan against the respective batsmen. Hazlewood launched a pinpoint yorker to dismiss debutant opener Parakh, and he bowled a short-pitched ball to get rid of Rana.
With the new ball in hand, both the experienced fast bowlers were successful in turning the ball both ways and achieved success. A sharp delivery through the corridor of uncertainty did the rest. Balls just outside the off stump, taking shape away from the batsmen, were hit on the edges.
RCB needed only 6.3 overs to chase down the total, which was 76. After the surprising defeat, Delhi Capitals are now 7.th In Mark sheet With 3 wins in 8 games.
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