DC vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2026: Massive Injury Scare For KKR, Struggling Delhi Capitals Post 142/8

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Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score, IPL 2026: Pathum Nissanka smashed a fifty while Ashutosh Sharma scored 39 as Delhi Capitals posted 142 for 8 in 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 game at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. KL Rahul and Nissanka stitched a fiery 49-run opening stand. Rahul fell for 23, while Nissanka went on to slam his fifty (50 off 29 balls). Once the Sri Lankan batter fell, DC lost the plot. Ashutosh Sharma's fiery cameo (39 off 28) gave Delhi something to fight for after the side was invited to bat first. (Live Scorecard)

Here are the Live Scores and Updates of Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2026 game:

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DC vs KKR LIVE: Delhi Capitals post 142 for 8!

Kartik Tyagi concedes only three runs in his final over. He ends with impressive figures of 2 for 25. The pacer turns out to be the best bowler for KKR in the innings. Delhi Capitals have set a target of 143 for Kolkata Knight Riders.

DC 142-8 (20)

DC vs KKR LIVE: OUT! What a catch!

Anukul Roy has taken a brilliant catch in the deep! Axar Patel departs. He connected the Vaibhav Arora delivery quite well, but failed to beat Anukul’s brilliance. The fielder ran to his left from deep mid-wicket and took a superb catch.

Axar Patel c Anukul Roy b Vaibhav Arora 11(22)

DC 128-6 (18.3)

DC vs KKR LIVE: 6, 4, 4 - Ashutosh slams Chakaravarthy!

Varun Chakravarthy bowled his final over as well despite struggling with his injury, and Ashutosh Sharma made the most of it. He smashed the spinner for two fours and one six. Delhi Capitals got 16 runs off the over.

DC 116-5 (17)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Narine returns 1/17!

Sunil Narine was a bit unlucky not to get the wicket of Ashutosh Sharma in his final over. The ball struck the batter on the leg, but the umpire gave it not out. While KKR did not review it, ball-tracking showed that the delivery would have clipped the leg stump.

DC 100-5 (16)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Another tight over!

Kartik Tyagi was brought back into the attack, and he conceded only two runs in his second over. This pitch has become really slow and tough to bat on due to its variable bounce. Delhi Capitals are struggling to score.

DC 98-5 (15)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Injury scare for Chakravarthy!

Varun Chakravarthy conceded only two runs in his third over. He is having some trouble with his leg. The spinner was hobbling, yet managed to complete the over. Will he return to bowl his final over? Well, that remains a suspense.

DC 96-5 (14)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Anukul returns with 2 for 31!

Anukul Roy concedes only four runs in his final over. He ends his quota of four overs with impressive figures of 2 for 31, despite bowling two overs in the powerplay. His double-wicket over has put KKR right on top.

DC 94-5 (13)

DC vs KKR LIVE: WICKET! DC are five down!

Anukul Roy cleaned up Tristan Stubbs on the fifth delivery! He picked up a total of two wickets in the over while conceding nine runs. Delhi Capitals are completely under pressure. Half of the side is back in the dugout.

DC 89-5 (11)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Nissanka falls after fifty!

OUT! Pathum Nissanka is gone right after scoring his fifty. The right-handed batter had jumped out of his crease to smash a four through extra cover. He raced to his fifty with it. Nissanka tried to repeat it and perished in the process. A smart Anukul Roy bowled it away from the batter, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi effected the easy stumping. KKR are on top!

Pathum Nissanka st Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Anukul Roy 50(29) [4s-5 6s-3]

DC 85-4 (10.1)

DC vs KKR LIVE: OUT! Rizvi departs!

GONE! It was in the slot from Sunil Narine, but Sameer Rizvi failed to clear the fielder at deep mid-wicket. His scratchy innings ends here. Rizvi is out after scoring three runs off seven balls. Delhi Capitals are three down.

Sameer Rizvi c Rovman Powell b Sunil Narine 3(7)

DC 80-3 (9.5)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Pathum Nissanka solid!

Pathum Nissanka is close to his second fifty of the season. He has moved to 45 off 26 balls. Delhi Capitals are two down with a scoring rate of 8.56. They need a good partnership at this point.

DC 77-2 (9)

DC vs KKR LIVE: WICKET! Green strikes!

OUT! Cameron Green has trapped Nitish Rana! He cramped the batter for room with a short delivery, angling into the body, and Rana miscued his pull into the hands of Sunil Narine at short fine leg.

Nitish Rana c Sunil Narine b Cameron Green 8(10) [4s-1]

DC 74-2 (8)

DC vs KKR LIVE: End of Powerplay!

Vaibhav Arora conceded only six runs in the final over of the powerplay and nearly had the wicket of Nitish Rana on the final delivery. The ball fell slightly short of deep backward point. Delhi Capitals would be happy with the start, as this pitch has something for the bowlers.

DC 55-1 (6)

DC vs KKR LIVE: OUT! Rahul is GONE!

OUT! KL Rahul departs for 23! It was a length delivery from Kartik Tyagi, and Rahul miscued it high in the air. Cameron Green settled under it at mid-on and took the catch comfortably. KKR are one down.

Rahul c Cameron Green b Kartik Tyagi 23(14) [4s-4]

DC 49-1 (5)

DC vs KKR LIVE: FOUR, SIX!

11 runs came off the second over of Anukul Roy. KL Rahul slammed the spinner for a four over mid-on, while Pathum Nissanka smashed a biggie over deep mid-wicket. This is turning out to be a good start for Delhi Capitals.

DC 28-0 (3)

DC vs KKR LIVE: SIX from Nissanka!

That was a good shot from Nissanka! Vaibhav Arora bowled a short-of-a-length delivery, angling into the batter. Nissanka pulled it over backward square leg for the first maximum of the night. Ten runs came off the over.

DC 17-0 (2)

DC vs KKR LIVE: The match begins!

Pathum Nissanka started the innings with a dot ball. On the very next delivery, the batter smashed spinner Anukul Roy for a four through deep mid-wicket. Seven runs came off the first over.

DC 7-0(1)

DC vs KKR LIVE: Here are the Impact Substitutes -

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact subs: Ramandeep Singh, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert.

Delhi Capitals Impact subs: Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Abishek Porel, David Miller.

DC vs KKR LIVE: Here are the playing XIs -

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar.

DC vs KKR LIVE: Delhi have two changes!

"Nothing like that for me, batting first or bowling, you know, that is not in our hands. So, as a team, you should be ready whether it's batting first or bowling first. You just have to be on your toes from the very first ball, that is very important. There are two changes in my team - Mukesh Kumar is in place of Natarajan, and Vipraj Nigam is in, said Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel.

"As much as I have played on Delhi wickets, I feel there isn't too much spin, but because of a little slowness, you know, the ball comes a bit slower after pitching. So I think spinners get a little help. And as far as seamers are concerned, mostly they use slower bouncers and slower balls more on these wickets. So I thought of using a combination of three spinners and three fast bowlers," he added.

DC vs KKR LIVE: KKR are unchanged!

"We're going to bowl first. The last 3-4 games whatever we saw, it's been kind of very different games, 264, 160, the low scoring game against RCB as well, so I thought it's important to see the wicket, see how it's playing and then it becomes easier to bat on. But having said that, no winning the toss, losing the toss, it's all about playing good cricket of 40 overs, said KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane.

DC vs KKR LIVE: Kolkata opt to bowl vs Delhi!

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane calls it right and opts to bowl against Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2026 game at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. KKR are unchanged for the game, which means Matheesha Pathirana will continue to warm the bench.

DC vs KKR LIVE: A look at DC's woes -

For DC, the problems have been way too many. KL Rahul, with his best ever IPL strike rate of 180 plus in an aggregate of 445 runs, has put in an effort. But his his best isn't enough given that the likes of Abhishek Sharma, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi are striking at way above 200.

The team management's insistence on continuing with Pathum Nissanka (228 in nine games) has been baffling. Playing Karun Nair, who has been in horrible touch even in the nets, defied logic. Nitish Rana, despite all his experience, can't seem to play the short ball.

The Indian pacers like Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan and Auqib Nabi Dar have had economy rates of 11, 11.18 and 13.42 respectively.

DC vs KKR LIVE: What is troubling KKR?

The only advantage DC will have is that KKR's pain point is also its top order performance. The two main batters at the top, skipper Ajinkya Rahane (205 runs at Strike Rate 131.42) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (268 runs at 137.43) haven't been able to grab the initiative in most of the games. Save Rinku Singh (245 runs at 145.39), who has done the heavy lifting in KKR wins, the other batters have mostly struggled.

DC vs KKR LIVE: Pathirana still on sidelines!

Matheesha Pathirana, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for a massive sum of ₹18 crore ahead of IPL 2026, remains on the sidelines. The player missed the start of the season due to injury but is match-fit now. He is yet to play a game in this edition.

IPL 2026 Live: Will it be a batting or bowling pitch?

As per PTI, to counter the threat of spin twins Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, DC are likely to opt for a batting belter and will be playing on Pitch No.6, the track on which they scored 264 but failed to defend against Punjab Kings.

The reason for picking such a track is lack of faith in the batting line-up which was reduced to 9 for 6 on a slightly seaming surface against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

IPL 2026 Live: A must-win game for both sides!

Delhi Capitals, currently in seventh position with eight points from 10 games, need to win all four of their remaining games to reach 16 points and sneak into the playoffs. The eighth-placed KKR need to win all five of their remaining matches to leapfrog to 17 points in order to remain relevant.

Have a look at the points table:

DC vs KKR LIVE: Squads -

Delhi Capitals Squad: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Vipraj Nigam, Abishek Porel, Auqib Nabi Dar, David Miller, Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jamieson, Rehan Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Tripurana Vijay, Sahil Parakh, Madhav Tiwari.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Blessing Muzarabani, Matheesha Pathirana, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Saurabh Dubey, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra.

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