IPL 2026, Match 39: Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted Playing XIs

Delhi Capitals will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 39th match of Indian Premier League 2026 on April 27th at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi with the game set to begin at 7:30 PM.
Axar Patel will captain DC, while Rajat Patidar will lead RR. Both teams feature several top-quality players, and strong performances can be expected from stars like KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana and Rajat Patidar. It will be intriguing to see the final playing XIs that each side settles on ahead of this important clash.
Match Details
| Match | 39th T20 |
|---|---|
| Tournament | IPL 2026 |
| Teams | Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Date | Monday, 27 April 2026 |
| Time | 7:30 PM |
| Venue | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Broadcast | Star Sports Network, JioHotstar |
DC vs RCB – Full Squad
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) |
|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka ✈️ (Batter) | Jacob Bethell ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| KL Rahul (WK) (Batter) | Virat Kohli (Batter) |
| Nitish Rana (All Rounder) | Devdutt Padikkal (Batter) |
| Sameer Rizvi (All Rounder) | Rajat Patidar (C) (Batter) |
| David Miller ✈️ (Batter) | Jitesh Sharma (WK) (Batter) |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ (Batter) | Tim David ✈️ (Batter) |
| Ashutosh Sharma (All Rounder) | Krunal Pandya (All Rounder) |
| Axar Patel (C) (All Rounder) | Romario Shepherd ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| Kuldeep Yadav (Bowler) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Bowler) |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ (Bowler) | Josh Hazlewood ✈️ (Bowler) |
| T Natarajan (Bowler) | Rasikh Salam (Bowler) |
| Mukesh Kumar (Bowler) | Suyash Sharma (Bowler) |
| Karun Nair (Batter) | Philip Salt ✈️ (Batter) |
| Abishek Porel (Batter) | Swapnil Singh (All Rounder) |
| Vipraj Nigam (All Rounder) | Nuwan Thushara ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Madhav Tiwari (All Rounder) | Abhinandan Singh (Bowler) |
| Tripurana Vijay (Bowler) | Venkatesh Iyer (All Rounder) |
| Ajay Jadav Mandal (All Rounder) | Jacob Duffy ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Mitchell Starc ✈️ (Bowler) | Satvik Deswal (Bowler) |
| Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ (Bowler) | Mangesh Yadav (All Rounder) |
| Auqib Nabi (All Rounder) | Jordan Cox ✈️ (Batter) |
| Sahil Parakh (Batter) | Vicky Ostwal (Bowler) |
| Prithvi Shaw (Batter) | Vihaan Malhotra (All Rounder) |
| Kyle Jamieson ✈️ (Bowler) | Kanishk Chouhan (All Rounder) |
| Rehan Ahmed ✈️ (All Rounder) | — |
DC vs RCB – Predicted Playing 11
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) |
|---|---|
| KL Rahul (WK) | Virat Kohli |
| Pathum Nissanka ✈️ | Devdutt Padikkal |
| Karun Nair | Rajat Patidar (C) |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ | Philip Salt ✈️ |
| David Miller ✈️ | Jitesh Sharma (WK) |
| Axar Patel (C) | Tim David ✈️ |
| Ashutosh Sharma | Krunal Pandya |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Romario Shepherd ✈️ |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| T Natarajan | Josh Hazlewood ✈️ |
| Mukesh Kumar | Suyash Sharma |
| Impact: Sameer Rizvi | Impact: Venkatesh Iyer |
FAQs
The match will be played on April 27, 2026, at 7:30 PM.
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