Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood lost the batting order to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday, leaving them at 13-6 in the power play in IPL 2026.It became the lowest power-play score in a full IPL match.Delhi’s top order crumbled under the pressure as both the fast bowlers took three wickets each to put RCB in complete control of the match.
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Yuzvendra Chahal on team mentality, high scores and bowling challenges in IPLBhuvneshwar did the damage in the first over by yorking rookie Parakh.In the next over, Hazlewood removed KL Rahul, who had scored an unbeaten 152 in Delhi’s previous match against Punjab Kings.Hazlewood hit 141.4 km/h on the stumps. Rahul tried to take it but only managed a top edge which was safely caught by keeper Jitesh Sharma. Rahul was released on 1.Hazlewood struck again on the very next ball.This time he bowled a fuller delivery outside off with late movement away from the batter. Sameer Rizvi went for the drive, chased him down and came back for the golden duck.Hazlewood then made it a hat-trick but Tristan Stubbs stopped it with a through-the-leg drive.However, Delhi’s problems continued.They had already lost four wickets after just 13 balls into the innings as Stubbs also departed soon after, taking one at the slips for 5 off 3 balls.Three balls later, Bhuvneshwar struck again by removing DC skipper Axar Patel.He found an outside edge with a late move and Delhi were struggling at 7 for 5 in 2.4 overs.Hazlewood then parried Nitish Rana as well. Bowling around the stumps, he convulsed the left-hander with a short ball to the body. Rana tried to get out of the way but left his bat hanging and the ball popped to Devdutt Padikkal at big slip.Rana’s dismissal left Delhi at 8 for 6 in the fourth over.Their 13 for 6 after six overs broke the previous record for the lowest powerplay total in a full IPL match.The previous record was 14 for 2 by Rajasthan Royals against RCB in Cape Town in 2009.Lowest powerplay totals (1-6 overs) in IPL
- 6/13 – DC vs. RCB, Delhi, 2026*
- 14/2 – RR vs RCB, Cape Town, 2009
- 14. 3. – SRH vs. RR, Pune, 2022
- 15/2 – CSK vs KKR, Kolkata, 2011
- 16/1 – CSK vs DD, Raipur, 2015
- 16/1 – CSK vs RCB, Chennai, 2019
