Tristan Stubbs, David Miller NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals completed a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after a late strike by David Miller, who hit two sixes in the final after back-to-back contributions from KL Rahul and Tristan Stubbs in their IPL 2026 match on Saturday.Chasing 176 on a slow Chinnaswamy pitch, DC reached 179 for four. Miller (22 off 10 balls), who faced criticism after failing to finish the game against Gujarat Titans earlier in the tournament, stayed till the end this time and hit Romario Shepherd for two sixes in the last over when 15 runs were needed.
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Kagiso Rabada Press Conference: On Shubman Gill, GT win and clean run After losing three wickets in the powerplay, DC recovered through Rahul (57 off 34 balls), Stubbs (60 not out off 47 balls) and Axar Patel (26 injured in retirement). Steadying the innings after an early collapse, Rahul targeted Josh Hazlewood and hit him for two sixes and three fours. He reached his fifty in 30 balls before falling to Krunal Pandya caught by Virat Kohli at long-on.Rahul and Stubbs added 69 runs for the fourth wicket after DC were 18 for three in 2.5 overs. Stubbs and Axar then completed 47 runs before Axar retired. At 134 for four in 15.5 overs, DC needed 45 off 25 balls, which Stubbs and Miller completed with one ball to spare.Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/26) had earlier removed Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair and Sameer Rizvi.RCB posted 175 for eight after being asked to bat. Phil Salt scored 63 while Kohli 19 in an opening stand of 52 runs. RCB were 59 for one at the end of the over after Salt bowled Auqib Nabi in the fifth over.Salt reached his fifty in 30 balls and added 47 runs with Devdutt Padikkal dismissed by Axar Patel. Kuldeep Yadav then had Stubbs caught by Salt to leave RCB on 105 for three.Rajat Patidar and Tim David added a couple of runs before Patidar was caught behind by Mukesh Kumar and David was dismissed by Axar. RCB were 99 for two after 10 overs, but managed only 76 runs in the last 10 overs, finishing short of 200.
