Delhi Capitals (DC) won the toss and elected to bowl first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash being played at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on April 8. In a big boost for GT, their regular captain Shubman Gill is back in the fold after missing the previous match due to injury.
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What did the captains say at the toss?
DC captain Axar Patel, after winning the toss, said:
"We will bowl first. We've chased well in the last two matches and this is a fresh wicket. It's been raining; there could be some moisture. Bowl first, have a look at the wicket, restrict them and chase down the score. We look at the match-ups, making it as difficult as possible for the batters and choose the best possible bowlers. Same XI for us."
Meanwhile, GT skipper Shubman Gill, after losing the toss, said:
"It's much better (on his neck issue), it's something similar (to what happened in the Test agianst South Africa). We were going to bat first anyway, if the weather stays this way, there'll be no dew in the second innings. It's all about assessing the conditions, we have good opening partnerships (with Sai Sudharasan) and hopefully, we'll put runs on the board. It's all about clicking in one game, we lost the last game by a small margin. Hopefully, we'll sort out our batting. KK (Kumar Kushagra) sits out for me, rest is unchanged."
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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
Gujarat Titans for Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Anuj Rawat.
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
Delhi Capitals for Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi Dar, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair
DC vs GT Head-to-Head
GT and DC have locked horns with each other in seven times in IPL so far. While DC have emerged victorious thrice, GT have clinched wins four times