LSG Vs DC Live Cricket Score, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals Will Bowl First In Lucknow - Check Playing XIs

Axar Patel, DC captain, wins the toss and opts to bowl first.

It seems we will see new faces in the DC lineup today as the likes of Pathum Nissanka, David Miller and Lungi Ngidi are set to make their debut with the new franchise. Big night for the the trio especially Nissanka who has had a decent T20 World Cup, that saw him register a hundred for Sri Lanka.

This is game number 5 in the IPL and we're in Lucknow. The square boundaries are longer and there's a bias today. 56m and 64m square boundaries while the straight boundary is at 77m. I did the game in Bangalore and Mumbai (says Kevin Pietersen), what we saw there were great wickets with a lot of grass. In Mumbai, there was more grass than expected. Here, it's a beautiful wicket, which means you want to chase. It becomes difficult to set a total without knowing how much is enough. It's a red soil surface and the pitches were relaid during the 2023 World Cup. Before the WC, the scoring rate was around 7 rpo, now, it is up to 9. It's a good surface for batting, offering good carry and bounce, last season, the team batting second won six of the eight games played here. So win the toss and chase.

• Total Matches: 7

• Delhi Capitals won: 4

• Lucknow Super Giants won: 3

• Tie: 0

• No Result: 0

Delhi Capitals will miss the services of Mitchell Starc in the first few games of the IPL 2026. The Aussie quick clarified that he is currently undergoing rehab for injuries in his shoulder and elbow.

• March 28: RCB vs SRH: RCB won by 6 wickets

• March 29: MI vs KKR: MI won by 6 wickets

• March 30: RR vs CSK: RR won by 8 wickets

• March 31: PBKS vs GT: PBKS won by 3 wickets

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Breetzke, Josh Inglis, Himmat Singh, Mukul Choudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari, Arjun Sachin Tendulkar, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Prabhu Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh

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