Delhi Capitals will face Mumbai Indians in the eighth match of IPL 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 3:30 PM IST. Mumbai Indians began their IPL 2026 season by chasing down 221 in 19.1 overs for a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders while Delhi Capitals overcame a top-order collapse against Lucknow Super Giants to begin their IPL 2026 season on a positive note as well.
Since 2012, Mumbai Indians won their clash of season opening for the first time to end a 14-year jinx with Rohit Sharma producing a fiery 78 while Ryan Rickelton scoring 81. After a disappointing show in the season opener, Delhi Capitals will hope their top-order fires. Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians have clashed 37 times in their history in which Mumbai Indians lead with 21 wins while Delhi Capitals winning 16 times.
Since 2008 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the two franchises have met 13 times. Delhi Capitals won seven of these fixtures while Mumbai Indians won the rest matches.
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Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians match of the IPL 2026 is scheduled to take place at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on April 4 (Saturday). The clash between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will begin at 3:30 PM IST and the toss is scheduled to take place before half an hour of the match begin. The clash between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will be televised live on the Star Sports Network in India. The live streaming of the Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians IPL 2026 match will be available on Jio Hotstar’s app and website.
Predicted playing XI of Delhi Capitals: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (C), Sameer Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi.
Impact Player: T. Natarajan.
Predicted playing XI of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Sherfane Rutherford, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, Allah Ghazanfar, Trent Boult.
Impact Player: Jasprit Bumrah.
