Delhi Capitals’ Sahil Parakh is tackled by Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar during their Indian Premier League 2026 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Monday. (OR) Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal reacted on social media after his team’s heavy loss against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in New Delhi on Monday.Josh Hazlewood took four wickets and Bhuvneshwar Kumar three as Delhi were bowled out for just 75.In reply, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal facilitated the chase as RCB won by nine wickets.
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Venugopal Rao explains where Delhi Capitals lost the game when they were chasing a big numberIt was Delhi’s second defeat in a row after Punjab Kings scored 265 against them in the previous match.“Stay together now more than ever Delhi Capitals – very hard indeed but we have to keep fighting and believing,” wrote Parth Jindal on X.Delhi were reduced to 9-6 in the over, Bhuvneshwar got swing and Hazlewood made good use of the short ball.It became their lowest score of the season and RCB completed the chase comfortably.Captain Axar Patel said that even he could not explain what happened.“Even I don’t know what happened. That’s why they say in cricket you have to be alert. We have to move on from this match,” Axar said at the post-match presentation.He also said that small moments from earlier matches affected the team’s momentum, including a single dismissed by David Miller in one loss against Gujarat Titans and dropped catches by Karun Nair against Punjab Kings.“From today’s perspective, you can say it had an effect but you can look back if the catches had been taken by (Nair) or if we had taken a single against GT then the momentum would have been with us. The game is such that there is no room for ifs and buts. You have to be positive, you had a bad day and take positives from the last 5-6 matches,” added Axar.He didn’t agree with the unusual swing on offer either, even after Bhuvneshwar’s inswinger bowled debutant Sahil Parakh early on.“It didn’t surprise me, they are world-class bowlers, they rocked it on every pitch, but if our openers or the top order had outplayed them, the result could have been different.”
