Delhi Capitals are not scoring runs in the power play.Image Credit source: PTI
In IPL 2026, whether a team won more or less matches, one thing proved to be most important in most of the matches – Powerplay. This season, the teams that have taken maximum advantage of the power play have generally won. At the same time, there are some teams whose performance has shown ups and downs and one reason for this is the power play. One such team is Delhi Capitals, which has not been able to perform consistently well this season and the failure of the batsmen in the first 6 overs has played a big role in this.
In the match against Chennai Super Kings in New Delhi Delhi Capitals Decided to bat first. This decision was shocking in itself but still it was expected that Delhi batsmen would take some inspiration from the performance of the previous match and do something amazing again. But this could not happen and the team could score only 37 runs in the first 6 overs, while both its openers returned to the pavilion.
Along with this, Delhi Capitals' struggle in powerplay continued in this match also. Delhi has played a total of 10 matches in IPL 2026 and if we look at the statistics of the team's batting in the first 6 overs of all these, it is very bad. At least not good compared to the current IPL level. Delhi has lost 21 wickets in the powerplay this season, which is the highest among all the 10 teams.
At the same time, the team is also very slow in scoring runs. Delhi's run rate during powerplay has been only 8.35, which is the worst in the league. Not only this, Delhi's batsmen have played 46.4 percent dot balls in the powerplay, that is, they have not scored any runs on them. Apart from this, Delhi has lost one wicket for every 23.85 runs in the powerplay. In these four cases, Delhi is the worst team in the entire league.
This performance is enough to explain why Delhi is in the condition it is in this season. The team captained by Akshar Patel has lost 5 out of the last 9 matches of the season, out of which it lost 3 consecutive matches. It has won only 4 matches, due to which the path of powerplay has become much more difficult for Delhi as compared to the top-5 teams.
