Six down for 13! Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hazlewood run riot as Delhi Capitals post lowest powerplay score in IPL history
Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood ripped through Delhi Capitals’ batting order on Monday, leaving them at 13 for 6 in the powerplay in their IPL 2026 clash. It became the lowest powerplay score in a full IPL match. Delhi’s top order collapsed under pressure as both fast bowlers took three wickets each and gave RCB complete control in the match.
Bhuvneshwar started the damage in the first over by yorking rookie Parakh. — IPL (@IPL) In the next over, Hazlewood removed KL Rahul, who had scored an unbeaten 152 in Delhi’s previous match against Punjab Kings. Hazlewood bowled a hard-length delivery at 141.
4 kph on the stumps. Rahul tried to take it on but only managed a top edge, which was safely caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Rahul was dismissed for 1.
— IPL (@IPL) On the very next ball, Hazlewood struck again. This time he bowled a fuller delivery outside off with late movement away from the batter. Sameer Rizvi went for the drive, edged it behind, and walked back for a golden duck.
Hazlewood was then on a hat-trick, but Tristan Stubbs stopped that with a drive through the leg side. However, Delhi’s problems continued. Just 13 balls into the innings, they had already lost four wickets as Stubbs also departed soon after, edging one to the slips for 5 off 3 balls.