The Delhi Capitals have had a rollercoaster season, especially with the bat. At times they have scored a large number of runs, like in their last match at this very venue, the Arun Jaitley Stadium, where they scored the highest total of this edition of the IPL, in contrast to where they are today at the same venue.
Just two days ago, KL Rahul, who top-scored for Delhi Capitals here, scored the highest single runs for any Indian batsman with an unbeaten 152*, and now he departs for just a single as the team struggles with half of their team back in the dugout with less than 10 runs on the board.
Delhi Capitals have once again suffered a terrible slump at the top of the table, with captain Axar Patel once again failing to add anything to the team’s total with the bat.
Axar Patel disappoints with another batting collapse for Delhi Capitals
The Delhi Capitals captain has a great reputation as an all-rounder and has amply demonstrated his spin bowling ability in the previous seasons in the IPL. However, the Indian World Cup winner’s form has been inconsistent with the bat.
Continuing his dismal form in 2026, Axar came out to bat as Delhi Capitals struggled with four wickets lost in the first 15 balls of their batting innings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Axar played two balls in complete discomfort and was challenged by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on each occasion. However, he couldn’t resist stealing the third ball from Bhuvneshwar and it was the veteran bowler’s third wicket of the night.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood demolish DC’s batting line-up with new ball
The previous match played here was a day match which offered a more solid surface, however,
‘Axar Patel thinks he can play’, fans slam DC captain after humiliating start against RCB
Axar Patel thinks he can play Bhuvi and Hazlewood’s Swing in Powerplay 🤣👏
– Jyotirmay Das (@dasjy0tirmay) April 27, 2026
Axar Patel survived this and was caught behind off the next ball. pic.twitter.com/8jb7aEkKIU
– RCBianos Fan (@RcbianOfficial) April 27, 2026
Axar Patel dismissed for duck – 0 of 3. 🦆
– Delhi Capitals 7-5 in 2.4 Overs. pic.twitter.com/YqO4p0iFco
—Maina Singh (@Maina_Singhx77) April 27, 2026
3RD WICKET FOR BHUVNESHWER KUMAR
-AXAR PATEL FIRED BY GOLDEN DUCK
– CC 7/5 #DCvsRCB । #RCBvsDC । #IPL2026 । #TATAIPL । #ViratKohli । #RajatPatidar । #KlRahul । #Hazlewood । #AxarPatel । #RoyalChallengersBengaluru । #PlayBold । #RCBFans । #RCB । #DelhiCapitals । #GOAT pic.twitter.com/g3IikyYBCj
– Infinite Information (@infiniteInfos) April 27, 2026
No, man, you can’t blame him anymore.
You can only blame the entire management for buying players who can only play spins 😭
Rizvi, Axar and Rana can’t play rhythm at all.
that’s 50% of the batting lineup-Yash (@barca_yash) April 27, 2026
Axar Patel as captain is worse than Jadeja. And he has been pathetic with the bat bowl aur captaincy. DC needs to fire him ASAP
— Wasim wasim (@Wasimwasim43565) April 27, 2026
Another good thing that can happen is that Kl might finally surpass Axar in the Indian Odi team😌
– Knight (@elementary_talk) April 27, 2026
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