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Gujarat Titans team celebrates after winning the match against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday. EXPRESS PHOTO BY PRAVEEN KHANNA IPL Live Score 2026, DC vs GT highlights: Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans in Match No. 14 of IPL 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium (Kotla) in New Delhi on Wednesday. Both sides have had contrasting starts to their campaign: DC have won their first two games to sit on four points, while GT are yet to open their account after losses to Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals
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Delhi were convincing in both victories, beating Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets away from home at Ekana, before thrashing Mumbai Indians by the same margin in their first home game.
However, history offers Gujarat some comfort as they lead the head-to-head record 4–3 across seven meetings.
Teams
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Ashok Sharma
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Well, what a game of cricket we had here. It seemed like the Titans had this in their back pocket, but Delhi somehow managed to claw their way back into the game and fell short by one run. That's it, folks, from us.
It was an expensive over from Siraj that brought Delhi back into the game. David Miller has got hold of Siraj in the previous game. Well, a game which Titans should get over the line is looking iffy again.
Mohammed Siraj has picked up two crucial wickets in that over. What a cracking spell from him. First it was Tristian Stubbs who can take the game away from them and then it was well set KL Rahul. Titans should get over the line from here and register their win here. Also, David Miller has walked into the middle.
This is turning into a humdinger of a contest. KL Rahul is playing a superb knock in the middle. In the end, he might be the difference between Gujarat winning and losing. Mohammed Siraj has come back into the attack, and he will be hoping to nail his yorkers at this stage of the game. As we update, Stubbs has fallen here.
Rashid Khan picked up Axar Patel; it is a massive wicket under the circumstances. Every time it seems like Delhi is coming into the game, Gujarat is pulling things back. The score is still chasable from here. What is important is how KL Rahul manages his innings from here on.
There is a nice partnership brewing between Miller and KL Rahul here; both of them are veterans and have seen many situations before. However, as we update, David Miller has walked off the field; there seems to be an issue with his left finger. Axar Patel has walked into the middle.
David Miller has walked into the middle for the Capitals. He has not had much to do this season so far; however, here he has a job in his hand, and the Delhi Capitals very much know that if he gets going, he will make a mockery of this chase. Meanwhile, KL Rahul at the other end too is playing a sublime knock.
Rashid Khan has picked up two massive wickets to turn this game around. First, it was Nitish Rana, and then he picked up Sameer Rizvi for a duck. It will be very interesting to see how Capitals will go from here. Rizvi has managed to bail them out in the first two games and now he is gone.
Prasidh Krishna has got the breakthrough. What a brilliant bowler he has been for the Titans yet again this season. Pathum Nissanka again looked in very good touch and has fallen here, but he did the job of giving the Capitals a good start in this chase. Nitish Rana is the new batter who has walked in.
Gujarat have managed not to pick any wickets here, and in the final over of the powerplay against Ashok Sharma, both the openers went for hitting boundaries and squeezed 23 runs. Gujarat needs to find a way to get a breakthrough here as if this partnership keeps going they will start accelerating.
Delhi have started well, they have put on 40 runs on the board, which they will be hoping is a bit of acceleration going because this wicket might get slower down in the second innings, so this run-rate of 10, which was to start with, might accelerate pretty quickly.
KL Rahul did not have a good tournament so far, like Jos Buttler on a good batting wicket, he will be hoping to get a good score today. Meanwhile, Pathum Nissanka had a good innings yesterday and has started well today. It will be interesting to see when Shubman Gill brings in his spinners today because of the lack of dew may help the ball grip a bit.
14 runs have come off the opening over for the Delhi Capitals chasing 210 runs, which is 10 runs per over. They have scored 14 runs, so it is a good start. Once again, there is no swing and seam moment on offer, and Gujarat, similar to Delhi have to pull back their lengths and dig into the surface.
"I mean, I don't have much to say. I was just focusing on watching the ball really closely and trust my instincts. I mean, not much I could say at this moment. Probably tomorrow where I would have already registered everything about today's innings, I would probably have lot more to say. (on batting at 4) I mean, our coach obviously has a lot of faith in me and he's always trusted in me. He's given me a lot of volume and preparation and I obviously wanted to just do the right things over and again and just trust that things will come through. And yeah, there's a long way to go anyways. (on the pitch) I feel it's a very good wicket and obviously it's skidding low at times, especially when you hit the right areas. But yeah, we will definitely back our bowling line-up to defend this score. (is 210 above-par?) I would say so because obviously we've got some high-quality bowlers in our line-up. Obviously, we'll definitely back ourselves to defend this score."
210/4 is all that the Gujarat Titans managed. They looked good for 220-230, but that is what they got. However, on the flip side, Titans does have one of the strongest bowling attacks in the tournament. Hence, although conditions are very good for batting, they might join us after the break.
Ngidi's slower one does the trick, and Shubman Gill falls here. It is a good innings from the Gujarat Titans skipper on the comeback, but given the modern scoring rates, it does seem like the Titans are going to fall a few runs short here. Phillips in the new man that has walked in.
Sundar is closing in on 50 in the middle, and the partnership is closing in on 100. This is a superb effort from the Titans. After the losses in two games, they have started pretty well here. It will be interesting to see how the Delhi Capitals will rotate their bowlers from here on.
This partnership continues to grow for Gujarat, and Delhi now seems to be out of options. They would love to have another pacer in the attack who can dig the ball into the surface and pick wickets. As we update, Shubman Gill has slammed a half-century here, with a good innings from the skipper.
This is a good partnership between Sundar and Gill, they have batted well since joining together. Things to ponder for the Delhi Capitals in the middle, they need to pick up wickets to pull back things. Sundar, especially batting at four, is playing a very good hand here.
Gujarat Titans have started well here, but have to make sure they get to around the 220-230 mark here. This venue is pretty small, and boundaries come pretty easily. Delhi Capitals also has a pretty long and powerful batting order. As we update Vipraj Nigam come into the attack.
Jos Buttler has fallen here. Axar Patel's delivery has hit the hard length, and Buttler tried to cut the ball, and it rattled the stumps. It was a good innings, but the Buttler of old would have converted it into a good 80. Washington Sundar is new man in.
That's the end of the power play, and the Titans have played pretty well since Jos Buttler has walked into the middle. There is an injection of the moment in this innings. He has been batting superbly in the middle, and he has looked in terrific form today since coming into the middle.
Jos Buttler has arrived here for the IPL. He has hit four sixes already since he came in. He is smoking the ball as well as he has in the last couple of months since coming to the subcontinent shores for the World Cup. Delhi Capitals have a big problem here because Buttler has not played a shot in anger but is striking almost at 300. Problems for Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel here. The rate at which Buttler is going, given the conditions at their disposal here, if he smashes a quick 80-90, even 100, that will give GT a very good chance to register their first win, but they need to get 230-240 at least.
Well, we take back the flat pitch comment, it is not as flat as it seems, a bit sluggish vintage Delhi surface, it seems thus far. Mukesh pitched a hard-length delivery, which Sudharsan tried to cut with an angled bat, and the ball got onto the stumps. The top three are the strength of Titans, and they have not delivered as they did last season this year. For them to have sustained success in season one, the top three have slammed the '70s and 80s regularly. So now one of Gill or Buttler has to take the responsibility of scoring those big runs.
That looks like a flat one right away. Mukesh Kumar's delivery was going in straight lines, and the batters managed to hit the ball through the gaps and get the boundaries away. Titans will be licking their lips now. There have been a few occasions in the last couple of years. Sunrisers Hyderabad openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head at this venue made a mockery of the bowling attacks in the powerplay. Altough this opening pair is not as ballastic as them but the longer they bat they will do the same amount of damge the acceleration is steady.
Well, let's go! The umpires are walking into the middle. It is hard to predict what we get of the Delhi surface. It has always been the case. Titans will be hoping for as minimal suprises as possible tonight so that they can have a good batting day and later can come back with the ball and do well. As per Delhi it is more or less the same things they have done in the first couple of games.
"Clearly assessing the pitch and conditions is the first step towards winning any cricket match. And tonight, that might just be the point of difference for the Delhi Capitals and the Gujarat Titans. Let's first look at the boundary dimensions. And if you focus on the square boundaries, it's quite equidistant, so no issues there. Down the ground, it's actually 73 meters. And behind me, some sub-60 meter boundaries that batters will try to target. The day game the other day, there was, it wasn't even covering of grass, but there was also some patches (pointing to the previously used pitch). And you can sort of see the patches there behind me. Not that we're going to take you over there because that doesn't matter. To contrast it to what we've got here this evening, it's lighter in color. So there's not as many dark patches. However, inside the popping crease, now if I'd seen what's inside the popping crease all the way down the middle of the wicket and where most of the deliveries are going to pitch, I would have said, this is a 250 wicket. This is absolutely runs galore. Whereas I actually, if you walk out now, outside of the crease line, yes, it's dry. And yes, there are a little bit of patches, but what's quite nice, and you see this often, is you see the floodlights and you see the sort of color and the sheen that comes off, and that suggests still to me that it's going to be a decent batting wicket, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's not as high as normal wickets go at this ground. But you've given the dimensions. It's a small ground. (Will spin play more of a leading role, given what you said with the ball?) I think so. With Axar Kuldeep, etc, in your team, that's why I think there's not a massive covering of grass. Last season, the average first innings in score here, 198. So maybe you need to get above that, but tonight, Gujarat Titans will be the more desperate team to secure first points this season."
Delhi Capitals for Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi Dar, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair.
Gujarat Titans for Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Anuj Rawat.
(How's the neck?) It's much better, thank you. (Is this the same neck trouble you had even in the home Test series?) It's something similar. Yeah, actually, we were going to bat first anyways. Hopefully, if the weather stays like this, you know, there'll be no dew in the second innings. (Will it be challenging as an opening batter?) I mean, it's all about assessing the conditions in the first couple of overs, I think we've been having some good opening partnerships with me and Sai. So hopefully, you know, we have a good powerplay and then we can post some good total along the board. (Are they having chats about the batting order clicking as a collective?) Yeah, definitely. I mean, it's all about clicking in the one game, you know. Even the last game, we came pretty close, losing by not that many runs. And I think it's one, it's one, just one guy, you know, sticking till the end, whether someone from the middle order or from the top order. And maybe today is the day. KK Kumar is out and I come back in. Rest of the team is the same.
We'll bowl because obviously in the last two matches, the chase has been done well. A new wicket, a fresh wicket, so we'll chase. Let's see how the wicket behaves. And we'll try to stop it at a good score and then try to chase. (How much thought goes into specific matchups when you plan as a bowling captain?) Obviously, we watch as many match-ups as possible. And we try to make it as difficult as possible for the batsmen to hit. I don't just use match-ups. According to the wicket, if any bowler gives me a good run, then I rotate him according to that. And so far, in two matches, it's been good. I hope it continues. No, it's the same team.
Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Ashok Sharma
KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Munaf said Mukesh, who has played three Tests and several white-ball games for India, has a specific role in the bowling attack.
“We see him as a new-ball bowler and prefer to use him up front as much as we can. He had bit of a problem before this season (going at more than 10 runs an over for three consecutive editions), but is coming up well,” he said about the 32-year-old.
In the first two matches, Mukesh has got two wickets at an economy of 7.16 an over. “I’ve advised him to bowl a Test-match length, but if one gets hit, one has to change the approach according to the situation.”
Munaf says the South African sticks to his strengths, which are his variations – slower deliveries and yorkers. “He has played in the IPL before, for other franchises, and is easy to handle,” the former India pacer said. “He is used to South African pitches, but it’s good that he has recently played in India at the T20 World Cup.”
He has four wickets from two games and rarely lets his team down. He was arguably the reason for Lucknow Super Giants being dismissed for a modest total in their first game. Munaf said Ngidi is aware of his limitations and doesn’t go outside his game. “It’s no good trying to bowl at 150 kph and getting hit all over the place.”
“As far as this season is concerned and putting a squad together, we had a really good year last year. We just fell at the final hurdle. We made very small changes at the auction, it just needed a little bit of adjustment,” Solanki said.
“There were five players who came in, and Matthew Hayden has joined us as well. The work is essentially shared among all of us, and we all try to work very hard. We are mindful of supporting these players as best as we can.”
Glenn Phillips remembers the catches he had spilled more than the ones he had pouched. “Sometimes you remember the ones that you drop a little bit more than the great ones,” he tells The Indian Express. He dusts up memories of the worst catch he had dropped. “There was one in the Caribbean League when I was younger. It was a pretty dolly catch out on the boundary. I got my hands up, it slid straight through,” he says, with a chuckle. (Read more from Sandip G)
It started in the corridor outside their house. Ashok Sharma used to bowl at his elder brother Akshay. The only goal was to hit him. The only way to hit him was to bowl fast.
“I used to hit him bowling fast,” Akshay says. “So in order to take revenge, he also began to bowl fast so that he could hit me. We never thought he would become so good going ahead.” (Read more Devendra Pandey)
A minimum five-over-a-side game is required to adjudicate an outright winner. If play is not possible even for a 10-over game, the points will be split between the sides.
For a full 20-over game, play must start by 8:10 PM IST.
The deadline for a five-over match to start is approximately 11:00 PM to 11:25 PM IST. If the toss hasn’t happened or the outfield is unfit by this time, the game is officially called off.
According to AccuWeather.com, rain is unlikely to spoil the IPL 2026 match between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium (Kotla) on Wednesday evening. Between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM, there is a low chance of precipitation, peaking at 23 per cent at 5:00 PM before dropping to 15 percent at 6:00 PM, accompanied by hazy sunshine rather than rain. From 7:00 PM onwards, the rain chance falls to zero percent, with clear skies prevailing. Cloud cover will remain minimal throughout the evening, ranging between 0 and 13 percent. Temperatures will be pleasant, starting at 26°C around 5:00 PM and cooling to 18-19°C by late evening.
"DC have a good chance if they don't constantly change their 11. Despite having a strong squad, they've found the magic recipe to get knocked out. If they utilise their resources well, they can give even MI a run for their money. Such is the strength of DC's squad. But my prediction is they'll just about have a chance to qualify by stuttering through the season," concluded Ashwin.
Speaking on the bowling attack Ashwin said: "Natarajan has dropped drastically in speed when I last saw him. Hopefully, he comes and delivers for them because he is a high-value pick. But even otherwise, they have a great bowling lineup. If Starc doesn't play, they have Lungi Ngidi. Mukesh Kumar has been bowling the yorkers brilliantly. Kuldeep Yadav had the ball on a string last season. He and Axar Patel are banks as solid Indian spinners. Auqib Nabi should play and open the bowling with the new ball," said Ashwin
"There was a match against CSK, where KL Rahul played an exceptional knock on a two-paced pitch. Yet, they never opened with him again for a while after that. Make sure he opens this season. He will have the Orange Cap if he does. Have Pathum Nissanka open with him at the top. Just do these basic things and leave it to the players," Ashwin said on his YouTube channel.
"With that said, I do acknowledge this injury setback and timing is disruptive to the Delhi team and I apologise for that and to the fans for not being available for the early part of this season. I remain committed to join DC, I am in continual communication updating the team and will continue to do what I can to be available for DC asap."
"Despite the opinions and views of certain individuals with their platforms in and through the Indian media, I'm currently rehabbing and managing an injury in my shoulder and elbow, of which I didn't know the extent of during the Australian summer," Starc wrote on his Intagram story. "These individuals have made some strong statements around involvement in the IPL and provided heavily misinformed opinions of players, preached them as facts, and claim to know my body better than me."
“Shubman is fine, he is perfect, and will be back in the line-up tomorrow,” the left-hander said at the pre-match press conference.
After the previous game on Saturday, GT assistant coach Parthiv Patel had said there was no long-term concern regarding the captain.
“Obviously, he had a neck sprain before, and he had a spasm a couple of days back. It doesn’t look like that’s serious,” the former wicketkeeper had told the host broadcaster.
The surface at the Arun Jaitley Stadium (Kotla) is expected to assist the batters. Since the 2023 ODI World Cup, this has been one of those grounds where scoring rates have been among the highest. During the T20 World Cup 2026, the venue produced high-scoring affairs, and it is likely to continue in the IPL. However, MI could only score 162 in the first game at Kotla this season. The surface might react differently since it's been under covers due to rain in New Delhi.
"When you're winning matches, you don't want to change the winning combination. We haven't pressed the panic button yet. Decisions will only come if results don't go our way. For now, things are stable, and there's no need for changes."
"IPL is one of the biggest platforms anybody can get. [I feel] the mindset should be to do our best, be as versatile as [possible] and equip yourself for any situation which can come. And greater things will happen on its own."
Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada/Jason Holder, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (C), Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Total Matches: 7
Delhi Capitals won: 3
Gujarat Titans won: 4
Tie: 0
No Result: 0
Welcome to The Indian Express' live coverage of the Indian Premier League 2026, where Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans take on each other in the Match No. 14 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Delhi have been unbeaten in this IPL thus far, having won both of their games, whereas Gujarat are yet to open their account as they lost to Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
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IPL 2026: How Delhi Capitals are overcoming Mitchell Starc’s absence
In a tournament where scores around or above 200 are commonplace, Delhi Capitals have won their first two games by restricting their opposition to 141 and 162. Having assembled a bowling attack blessed with quality in both pace and spin departments, the franchise hasn’t yet felt the absence of left-arm legend Mitchell Starc, who is yet to receive the go-ahead from Cricket Australia to join his IPL franchise.
With skipper Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav helming the spin department, they may not need much outside guidance as they go about their work. The pace section, even without Starc, is well loaded with the likes of Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar and T Natarajan and bowling coach Munaf Patel has quality at his disposal. So much so that tall Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson and Aquib Nabi, coming off a historic and triumphant Ranji Trophy season, are still waiting for a look in. Sri Lankan seamer Dushmantha Chameera is also an option in the DC squad. (READ MORE)
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