Delhi Capitals endured a nightmare start to their batting innings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, as their top order completely fell apart under relentless pressure from the RCB pace attack.

From the very first over, DC looked out of ideas, struggling to cope with movement, accuracy and sustained pressure.

What followed was a shocking collapse where wickets kept tumbling in clusters. Even experienced names like KL Rahul and Abhishek Porel failed to settle, as Delhi Capitals were reduced to a devastating 13 for 6 inside the Powerplay, leaving the home crowd stunned and RCB firmly in control of the match.

Delhi Capitals suffer historic Powerplay collapse

Lowest Powerplay totals in IPL history:

Delhi Capitals have now entered the record books for all the wrong reasons after this collapse.

DC vs RCB, Delhi, 2026 – 13/6*
RR vs RCB, Cape Town, 2009 – 14/2
SRH vs RR, Pune, 2022 – 14/3
CSK vs KKR, Kolkata, 2011 – 15/2
CSK vs DD, Raipur, 2015 – 16/1
CSK vs RCB, Chennai, 2019 – 16/1

Most wickets lost inside Powerplay:

KTK vs Deccan, Kochi, 2011 – 6
DC vs RCB, Delhi, 2026* – 6

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How the collapse unfolded

It began in the very first over when Bhuvneshwar Kumar produced a stunning ripper yorker to castle Sahil Parakh for a duck. Josh Hazlewood followed it up immediately in the next over, striking twice in two balls to remove KL Rahul and Sameer Rizvi, putting DC under massive pressure early.

The next over brought more damage as Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck again, dismissing Tristan Stubbs and Axar Patel with his trademark swing and control.

The collapse continued as Hazlewood returned to send back Nitish Rana, leaving DC in complete disarray and reeling under a relentless RCB attack.