Updated on: Apr 04, 2026 1:10:33 PM IST
It should be a cracker, by all means. Two of India’s biggest cities in action.
DC vs MI LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals play their first Indian Premier League 2026 game at home today at the Arjun Jaitley Stadium. They are up against five-time champions Mumbai Indians who, in their first game, comprehensively beat Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. DC kicked off their IPL 2026 campaign on a good note earlier this week when they beat Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets at the Ekana Stadium. It wasn’t an easy win, though. Chasing 142 to win on a seamer-friendly track, Delhi found themself at 26/4 at one time and things looked as good as over for them, but then out of nowhere, impact player Sameer Rizvi played a blinder of 70 off 47 balls. At the other end, he was well supported by South African Tristan Stubbs, 39 off 32 balls. Their unbeaten stand spared Delhi’s blushes. David Miller was supposed to join Rizvi after the fall of the fourth wicket, but then Delhi head coach Hemang Badani intervened and asked Stubbs to go in instead. The rest, as they say. is history.
In comparison, Mumbai Indians had an easy last game. However, when KKR put up a big total of 220, things were looking a bit tricky for Hardik Pandya’s men, but then South Africa’s Ryan Rickelton and former India captain Rohit Sharma smashed 43-ball 81 and 38-ball 76 respectively to take the game completely away from Ajinkya Rahane’s KKR. Both added 148 runs for the opening stand. However, once the stand got broken, the rest of the batsmen struggled. But the opening partnership was just too good to ensure victory.
Today, MI will go into the contest as favourites. They have four 2026 T20 World Cup-winning players in their ranks: Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Jasprit Bumrah. The DC have put together a good team for this season, but on paper, they definitely look weaker. They really have to play out of their skin to beat the mighty Mumbai Indians. It may be noted that Mitchell Santner has joined the MI squad and should play today.
Delhi Capitals probables: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Axar Patel (capt), 5 David Miller, 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Sameer Rizvi/Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Vipraj Nigam, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Mukesh Kumar, 12 T Natarajan
Mumbai Indians probables: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Naman Dhir, 7 Sherfane Rutherford, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mayank Markande, 12 Trent Boult
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In comparison, Mumbai Indians had an easy last game. However, when KKR put up a big total of 220, things were looking a bit tricky for Hardik Pandya’s men, but then South Africa’s Ryan Rickelton and former India captain Rohit Sharma smashed 43-ball 81 and 38-ball 76 respectively to take the game completely away from Ajinkya Rahane’s KKR. Both added 148 runs for the opening stand. However, once the stand got broken, the rest of the batsmen struggled. But the opening partnership was just too good to ensure victory.
Today, MI will go into the contest as favourites. They have four 2026 T20 World Cup-winning players in their ranks: Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Jasprit Bumrah. The DC have put together a good team for this season, but on paper, they definitely look weaker. They really have to play out of their skin to beat the mighty Mumbai Indians. It may be noted that Mitchell Santner has joined the MI squad and should play today.
Delhi Capitals probables: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Axar Patel (capt), 5 David Miller, 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Sameer Rizvi/Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Vipraj Nigam, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Mukesh Kumar, 12 T Natarajan
Mumbai Indians probables: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Hardik Pandya (capt), 6 Naman Dhir, 7 Sherfane Rutherford, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mayank Markande, 12 Trent Boult
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Apr 04, 2026 1:10:32 PM IST
DC vs MI Live Score: Will it be another belter on offer?
DC vs MI Live Score: Last year SRH scored 278 here against KKR after a venue change. It’s being reported that today the match will be played on the same pitch. If that’s the case, it should be a high-scoring contest. MI must be smacking their lips. They have a bigger team on paper with as many as four players from the World Cup-winning Indian side last month and they are Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma and Jasprit Bumrah.
Apr 04, 2026 12:55:51 PM IST
DC vs MI Live Score: Hello and welcome! First afternoon game in 2026
DC vs MI Live Score: Hello and welcome to Match No.8 between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. This is the first afternoon match of the 2026 season, and Delhi is fairly hot at present. Although it has rained here a couple of days ago, you wouldn’t guess so at present: it is so hot. Both teams are coming into this match on the back of wins in their season openers. DC had beaten Lucknow Super Giants, while MI had dispatched Kolkata Knight Riders. As far as this match is concerned, MI are red-hot favourites. Mitchell Santner has joined the MI squad, and he should play today.
