Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose to bowl vs Gujarat Titans
Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss for the third consecutive time and, like he did in the last two games, put the opposition in to bat. Shubman Gill recovered from his neck sprain and returned to captain Gujarat Titans.
The hosts are unchanged. Gill replaced Kumar Kushagra for GT.
Axar wanted to use the moisture that may have accumulated on the pitch as there has been rain in the lead up to the game. DC resisted the temptation there may have been to bat first as three of the four games on pitch no. 5 across IPL 2025 and 2026 was won by the team batting first.
Speaking on his return, Gill said his neck is “much better now”. GT’s middle order has been under scrutiny as their returns in the first two games has been low. But Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia have been given the vote of trust. ‘It’s about clicking in the one game,” Gill said. “Last game, we came pretty close. It’s just one guy sticking till the end”
Bowling from the far end, the straight boundaries are longer (68-69 metres) and the fine boundaries are short (57-58 metres). The square boundaries are equidistant at 63 metres. The average score in the first innings score in these games is 201.
Gujarat Titans: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 B Sai Sudharsan, 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Washington Sundar, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Shahrukh Khan, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Ashok Sharma.
Impact Sub options: Prasidh Krishna, Jaston Holder, Mnav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Anuj Rawat
Delhi Capitals: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 David Miller, 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Axar Patel (capt), 7 Vipraj Nigam, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Lungi Ngidi, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Mukesh Kumar
Impact Sub options: Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair.
