RR vs DC IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals target first win in Jaipur against Delhi Capitals - players, standings, stats

After snapping Punjab Kings’ unbeaten start to the season in their last outing, Rajasthan Royals will be looking to carry the momentum into their IPL 2026 clash against Delhi Capitals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, on Friday.

The RR vs DC IPL 2026 match on May 1 will start at 7:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast.

RR captain Riyan Parag will be hoping to secure the team’s first win of the season in Jaipur after a loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last outing at the venue last week.

After winning their first four games of the season, the Royals have managed two victories in their last five games and currently occupy the playoff spots in the IPL 2026 standings.

Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, head into the contest on the back of three successive defeats and will be hoping for a change in fortune.

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Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 standings

With 12 points from nine games, the Rajasthan Royals are currently fourth in the IPL 2026 points table. Delhi Capitals are in seventh spot with six points from eight matches. Find the updated IPL points table here.

RR vs DC in IPL

The RR vs DC IPL head-to-head record is even with both sides winning 15 out of the 30 matches played between the teams so far. The Royals lost to the Capitals in a dramatic Super Over finish last season.

Rajasthan Royals last five matches

Delhi Capitals last five matches

Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals players

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, with 400 runs in nine games, has been the Royals’ best-performing batter in IPL 2026. The teenager already has two fifties and a century, which he scored against SRH in Jaipur last week.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel have also contributed with the bat this season, notching 306 and 248 runs, respectively. Jaiswal has slammed three fifties and Jurel has hit two half-centuries in IPL 2026.

Jofra Archer has been the Royals’ go-to bowler this season and is the team’s top wicket-taker with 14 scalps in nine games. Ravi Bishnoi has been RR’s next best wicket-taker with 11 scalps so far.

For Delhi Capitals, KL Rahul has been the team’s leading scorer with 358 runs at an average of 51.14 and a strike rate of 185.49. Delhi’s spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav have been the team’s top wicket-taking threats having taken seven scalps each.

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RR vs DC squads

Rajasthan Royals players: Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Aman Rao, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Punja

Delhi Capitals players: Axar Patel (captain), KL Rahul, Karun Nair, David Miller, Rehan Ahmed, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Nitish Rana, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Auqib Nabi, Lungisani Ngidi, Kyle Jamieson, Kuldeep Yadav

Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals stats

• 100: Shimron Hetmyer is 4 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL.
• 100: Riyan Parag is 6 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL.
• 100: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 1 six away from 100 sixes in T20s.
• 100: Shimron Hetmyer is 3 fours away from 100 fours in T20s.
• 150: Donovan Ferreira is 1 match away from 150 matches in T20s.
• 150: Ravindra Jadeja is 8 sixes away from 150 sixes in T20s.
• 200: Riyan Parag is 5 sixes away from 200 sixes in T20s.
• 300: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 6 fours away from 300 fours in IPL.
• 300: Dasun Shanaka is 3 sixes away from 300 sixes in T20s.
• 1000: Dhruv Jurel is 72 runs away from 1000 runs in IPL.
• 2500: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 28 runs away from 2500 runs in IPL.
• 4000: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 12 runs away from 4000 runs in T20s.

Where to watch RR vs DC IPL 2026 live

Live streaming of the Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 match will be available on the JioHotstar App and website. The RR vs DC match will be telecast live on the Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada and their corresponding HD TV channels in India. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST.