DC vs MI LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Axar Patel strikes big as he breaks Rohit-SKY partnership

MI impact options – Mayank Markande, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar

DC impact options – Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair

MI XI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan RIckelton (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Naman Dhir, 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

DC XI: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Vipraj Nigam, 5 Axar Patel (capt), 6 David Miller, 7 Tristan Stubbs, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Lungi Ngidi, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Mukesh Kumar

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

Mumbai Indians Squad: Ryan Rickelton (w), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Quinton de Kock, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Mayank Rawat, Raghu Sharma, Atharva Ankolekar, Danish Malewar, Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar

“It’s very important for spinners to back their strengths. Whenever batters put you under pressure, spinners tend to [pivot] and look for a safer option to get out of that situation. But, I believe that you should back your strengths,” Kuldeep said.

“If you are an attacking spinner, don’t let that go. Because that is your identity and if you are taking wickets while doing that work for the team, there can be nothing better. Sometimes you’ll get wickets, sometimes you don’t. But, I feel, your mindset should always be attacking.”

“Credit to him. He had a plan, which obviously involved a few of the guys in our setup who were part of this training,” Jayawardene said. “He knew what he needed to do. Even though he hasn’t played competitive cricket, he did quite a bit of skills work off-season whenever he had the time. Then he joined us on day one of our camp. We had a chat on how we wanted to start and we did a lot of simulations.

“We played quite a few practice matches and he played all of them. For someone who has played the game for such a long time, it’s muscle memory… It was a good start for him in the first game and hopefully he can continue that. I know it’s been tough, but he’s focused, he’s relaxed, and he’s contributing in a very positive way, which is great for us.”

Delhi Capitals predicted playing 12: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi/Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan

Mumbai Indians predicted playing 12: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Markande, Trent Boult

Rohit Sharma makes a return to the Arun Jaitley Stadium, and you know what, it can rain today as well.