DC vs GT, IPL 2026 – Unchanged Delhi Capitals bowl, Shubman Gill back for Gujarat Titans

Throw Delhi capitals chose to bowl vs Gujarat Titans

The hosts go in unchanged as Gill replaces Kumar Kushagra for GT.

Axar wanted to use the moisture that may have accumulated on the pitch as it rained in the run-up to the match. DC resisted the temptation to bat first as three of the four games on pitch no. 5 over IPL 2025 and 2026 has been won by the team batting first.

Upon his return, Gill said his neck is “much better now.” GT’s middle order is under scrutiny as their returns in the first two matches have been low. But Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia got the vote of confidence. “It’s about clicking in the one game,” Gill said as GT looked for their first win. “We got pretty close last game. It’s just one guy hanging on until the end.”

Bowled 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 meters.

Gujarat Titans: 1 Shubman Gill (captain), 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, Jason Holder, Manav 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 (captain), 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