Watch: KL Rahul's lightning-fast stumping dismisses Urvil Patel for 17 in DC vs CSK IPL 2026 clash

The Delhi Capitals (DC) hopped and pupped to somehow reach 155 runs for the loss of seven wickets during their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. That was even possible because of them nailing five sixes in the last 16 deliveries of the first inning.

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In an aim to defend such scores, the bowling sides will always need to take wickets regularly, especially inside the powerplay. And moreover, that would always keep them in the hunt on a surface which has been slow, not giving enough chances to the batters to get settled in the middle and play the big shots.  

KL Rahul’s superb stumping sends back Urvil Patel for 17 in IPL 2026

Chennai Super Kings needed a strong opening stand between Sanju Samson and the captain, Ruturaj Gaikwad, in the middle. But after the dismissal of the latter, they got an aggressive Urvil Patel coming at number three. The visitors didn’t get a strong start in the first five overs of the chase, being at 28/1.

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But Urvil cracked two successive sixes against the successful Lungi Ngidi. He picked the fifth delivery on the pads and flicked it perfectly to send it packing into the backward square leg region for a massive six. The right-handed batter backed it up with another six to finish the power play when he dispatched the full ball over the long-on for another over boundary.

But his celebration didn’t go long into the night. The DC captain, Axar Patel, sent back the batter for 17 runs off nine balls. It was a slower delivery from the left-arm spinner, which beat the youngster’s defense. The ball gripped and turned.

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The Gujarat-born was completely beaten by the turn as he pushed to defend. KL Rahul, behind the stumps, whipped the bails in a flush to send back the batter.

Sanju Samson starts strong in CSK’s 156-run chase

After the wicket of Urvil, CSK needed a decent partnership, and Samson provided them the cushion with the fifty-run partnership for the third wicket along with Kartik Sharma, who had been coming off a half-century in the previous contest against the Mumbai Indians at home.

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The Kerala-born clubbed two successive sixes against the left-arm wrist spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, and completed his half-century off 31 balls to give them the solidarity. His presence would be incredibly important for CSK to get over the line.

Brief Scores: (at the time of writing): CSK 138/2 (S Samson 84*, Axar Patel 1/25) vs DC- 155/7 (Sameer Rizvi 40*, Noor Ahmed 2/22) 

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