KL Rahul’s horror run continues in IPL 2026 as Ryan Rickelton takes a stunning catch
Published - 04 Apr 2026, 05:56 PM | Updated - 04 Apr 2026, 06:26 PM
Another first over dismissal for KL Rahul. Delhi Capitals (DC) lost a crucial wicket in the first over of the second innings against the Mumbai Indians (MI). MI keeper Ryan Rickelton took a superb catch to dismiss the DC opener. Deepak Chahar was the bowler to take the wicket of KL Rahul.
Mumbai Indians scored 162 runs in 20 overs against 6 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, which looks like a subpar performance by them as they have multiple stars and proven batters in their line-up. As the wicket looked a bit tricky to bat on, the Delhi Capitals, the home team, needed a batter like KL Rahul, who could play an anchor innings.
Another dismal batting show by the DC opener KL Rahul
In their previous match, too, DC lost Rahul's wicket early in the innings. Against the Lucknow Super Giants, Mohammed Shami dismissed the versatile batter for a golden duck. Today, against MI, he got only 1 run against 3 balls.
The fans of the Delhi Capitals have a lot of expectations for the batter who played some brilliant knocks in the previous season. Ahead of the IPL 2026 campaign, he was in good form for the Karnataka cricket team as well.
KL Rahul scored a tons of runs for Karnataka in the 2025-26 season
In the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season, the right-handed batter scored 470 runs for Karnataka in 7 matches, averaging 78.33. In those seven games, Rahul registered a couple of centuries and a couple of half-centuries as well. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, the batter's batting average was 30.00 after featuring in only 2 innings.
If we talk about his IPL 2025 batting stats, in a single word it was fantastic. In 13 innings, the opener of the Delhi Capitals scored 539 runs, powered by one century and three half-centuries, backed by a strike rate of 149.72. DC's performance in the previous season was promising, and one of the reasons behind this was KL Rahul.
Delhi Capitals sustained a huge blow early in the match
Coming back to the ongoing DC vs MI match, on the fourth ball of the first over of the second innings, Deepak Chahar delivered a good length delivery. angled down the leg stump line. As there was barely any movement in the delivery, the ball travelled straight. Rahul tried to guide the ball behind the leg side. Because of a poor execution, the ball went right behind the stumps, Ryan Rickelton was ready for the moment, gloved the ball diving on his left side.
It was a huge blow for the Delhi Capitals and relief for the Mumbai Indians as the batter could be the real threat and a momentum shifter in the game. DC can still win the game as they have plenty of firepower left in their batting order.
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