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Delhi Capitals (DC) won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash which is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
What did the captains say at the toss?
DC skipper Axar Patel after winning the toss, said:
"We will bowl first. Luck is going well (on the toss); winning all matches would have been better. Thank you, I didn't think I would play 100 matches for DC. Hopefully, it'll end up with a win tonight. We need a balanced playing XI, depending on the situation. Managing a big team is difficult, the best playing XI can be selected and the players know it. One change: Nitish Rana replaces Aquib Nabi."
Meanwhile, SRH skipper Ishan Kishan, after losing the toss, said:
"It's hard to decide right now because I don't think this is a similar kind of wicket which we played on for the previous two matches. But yeah, it all depends on how it plays and how we, you know, go ahead about it. We have a few changes. they have been doing well. It's more about—not about the results—but about execution and their headspace. They have been in a good mindset, coming up with plans like I said earlier, and you know, that is what any captain wants from their young bowlers. So we'll take one match at a time, and I think they'll keep on executing the plans."
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga
Delhi Capitals Playing XI
Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi
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