DC vs MI Match 8 Live Score - Delhi (04 April 2026)

KL is up and running! Chahar finds swing straightaway, full and on middle. Rahul pushes this outgoing delivery to mid off for a quick single to get off the mark.

Nissanka gets his first run as well. He flicks this straightish full ball on the pads to deep square leg for a single.

Back of a length, swinging away, around off. Crisply punched by KL Rahul off the back foot, but straight to the cover-point fielder.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Another first-over dismissal for KL Rahul and MI are over the moon. Chahar bowls it on a good length and angles it down the leg stump line. Gets no swing and it holds its line. KL Rahul tries to help it behind to the leg side, but gets strangled in this process, nicking it behind to the keeper. Ryan Rickelton takes a superb diving catch to his left. KL walks even before the umpire raises his finger. Delhi Capitals are 2/1, chasing 163.

Nips back in from middle, on a hard length. Nitish Rana is pinned on the crease, trying to whip it across, but inside edges onto the pads.

Aims the stumps, on a back of a length, Nitish Rana presses in front and blocks it to mid on. Top class opening over by Chahar. A wicket and just 2 runs.

Gets the ball to shape away, full and outside off. Pathum Nissanka leans on and drives it to mid off.

 FOUR! Gloriously played! Offers a bit too much width outside off, on a fuller length. Pathum Nissanka gets the chance to free his arms and he lofts it over the cover fielder for a cracking boundary.

Slams the deck hard, on off, at 131.6 kph. Pathum Nissanka hangs back and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

OUT! NITISH RANA IS RUN OUT! Outstanding game awareness from Bumrah. On a hard length, on middle and leg, nipping back into the batter. Rana taps it across into the vacant mid-wicket region and slows down midway while going for a single. Jasprit Bumrah swoops across to the left, collects the ball and turns around before scoring a direct hit at the non-striker's end. Rana puts in a desperate dive, but he is found short while the stumps are hit. Rana gets up and begins to walk, the replays also confirm that he is well short. DC are 7/2, in the chase of 163 runs.

Back of a length, off-pace and angling in around that fourth-stump line at 117.3 kph. Nissanka prods at it, gets an inside edge, and they scamper through for a single as it trickles to backward square leg.

In-between length, slanted into the batter. Rizvi gets across and nudges it to mid-wicket, where the fielder dives to his left to stop it.

A slight away shape at 136.7 kph, full and outside off, Pathum Nissanka cracks the drive, but hits it straight to Santner at mid off.

This one tails back into the batter, almost a yorker by Chahar. Pathum Nissanka's head falls over but he manages to squeeze it to the backward point fielder. 

 FOUR! Times it to perfection! Chahar errs in line and bowls it on the pads, on a length. Pathum Nissanka picks it up nicely and whips it to long leg for a boundary.

 DROPPED! A tough chance for Chahar off his own bowling. Nissanka dances down the track and tries to smack the length ball down the ground, with a flat-batted angle. But he hits it off the toe end, spanking it flatly back to the bowler's right. Deepak Chahar sticks out his right hand on the follow-through, but cannot hold onto it.

Pitched up and around middle, Pathum Nissanka backs away and looks to loft it over the bowler's head. He ends up chipping it off the toe-end of the bat to the left of mid off for a single.

Fuller again and on middle, Sameer Rizvi knocks it towards mid on. The fielder throws the ball back towards the bowler, who is not aware of that and the ball rolls away to the fence. However, the umpire has called for the over before that, and the ball is considered dead before the throw.

 FOUR! Off the inside edge! Santner starts with an in-drifter on a good length, on the pads. Pathum Nissanka backs away to whip it to the leg side, but only manages a thick inside edge. The ball rolls to the right of short fine leg and races away to the fence behind.

 FOUR! Just over Rohit! Full this time, outside leg. Pathum Nissanka reverse sweeps it just over the leaping Rohit Sharma at cover-point for a boundary.

Slows it up, and pulls his length back, around off. Pathum goes for a big-booming pull shot, but he is a bit too early and gets a thick bottom edge to the off side.

Full and on the stumps, swept away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Slightly short on off, at 82.7 kph. Rizvi waits on it and punches it down to long ff for a single.

Nicely floated into the blockhole, Pathum Nissanka carves it out to mid off. 10 runs from Santner's first over. DC need 140 from 96 balls.

At a gentle pace, short and on top of middle, cramping the batter for room. Rizvi still manufactures it by charging down and he stabs it between short third and backward point for a single.

 SIX! That has got a flight number attached to it! Shardul bangs it short, on middle. Pathum Nissanka reads the knuckle ball well, gets into a good position before nailing the pull shot into the stands, behind deep square leg.

 FOUR! Even better! A juicy half volley, on off. Pathum Nissanka gets right under it and spanks it down the ground, over the bowler's head for a boundary. Lovely follow-through on that one from Nissanka.

Takes pace off, and bowls it way too short, on the leg stump line. Pathum Nissanka gets inside the line to pull, but misses. It is deemed a fair delivery as the batter moved across.

 FOUR! A shot of authority! Thakur goes full and on middle. Pathum Nissanka shimmies down the track and smokes it over mid off for a cracking boundary. Calculated risk, and it pays him well.

Shardul responds with a pinpoint yorker, on the stumps. But Nissanka is alert enough and squeezes it in front of the point fielder for a quick single. 16 runs off the over!

Back of a length and around off, rolls his fingers to take pace off. Pathum Nissanka goes through the pull shot way too early. It takes the toe-end of the bat and rolls towards backward point. Rizvi wants the run but is sent back.

Short of a length and on off, Pathum Nissanka connects this time, heaving it to deep square leg for a single.

Another slower one, full and on off, moving in, Sameer Rizvi can only manages to push it back to the bowler.

1 run.