Overton strikes! Returning to the attack in the 19th over, Craig Overton finally breaks this dangerous partnership. Stubbs nails the pull shot-hard and flat-but it doesn't have the elevation to go the distance. He picks out the fielder at long leg, who takes a sharp catch. A brilliant knock ends!

Tristan Stubbs c Mukesh Choudhary b Overton 38 (31)
DC: 134/6 (18.5)

Incredible shot! He shuffles across the off side and swats the ball high over the backward square leg boundary for six. That brings up the 50-run partnership in absolute style. This is a rescue act of the highest order for DC!
DC: 122/5 (17.3)

A strong gust of wind is blowing across the ground. It has been raining in the afternoon for the past couple of days in the NCR, and after a brief interruption earlier in the match, it seems the rain might return with even greater intensity this time.

Laps it over deep fine leg! He read the slower bouncer perfectly. Getting inside the line of the short ball, he used the pace to ramp it all the way for six. This is turning out to be a crucial partnership for the Capitals!

DC: 107/5 (15.4)

What a shot! That's a massive six! It lands way up in the upper tier! On a good length and just outside off, Stubbs fetches the ball from outside his reach and launches it over long-on for a monstrous maximum. That is exactly what the doctor ordered for DC!
DC: 85/5 (13.4)

DC are in absolute shambles! The wickets continue to tumble for the home side. It was a short-of-a-length delivery outside off that seemed to stop in the surface. Axar Patel played his shot far too early, only succeeding in lobbing a simple catch straight to the fielder at cover.
DC: 69/5 (10.6)

There goes another one! DC are crumbling! Nitish Rana got down on one knee to sweep, but he hit it flat and straight toward deep backward square leg. It was an easy catch in the deep, and the Delhi Capitals are in deep trouble!

Nitish Rana c Kartik Sharma b Noor Ahmad 15 (13)
DC: 61/4 (9.3)

Noor strikes! Poor shot selection from Karun Nair. This was a gift of a delivery-straying down the leg side-but Nair paddles it straight to the fielder at short fine leg. He's absolutely gutted, and DC are now in deep trouble!

Karun Nair c Gurjapneet Singh b Noor Ahmad 13 (13)
DC: 52/3 (7.6)

Nair brings out the paddle scoop! Moves right across his stumps and lofts this from off stump over short fine leg for a boundary. Top shot from the veteran!

DC: 45/2 (6.6)

Taken at mid-off! Rahul charges down the ground aiming to go big, but he ends up slicing this high into the night sky. The bowler beats him with flight and turn, and Ruturaj Gaikwad settles under it to take a pressure catch inside the circle. Huge wicket for Chennai!

KL Rahul c Gaikwad b Hosein 12 (13)

DC: 36/2 (5.1)

Mukesh strikes! What a response from the young man! Easy catch for Brevis at mid-on. Tried to slam this over mid-on but ends up hitting it straight to Brevis, who back-pedals to take an easy catch.

Pathum Nissanka c Brevis b Mukesh Choudhary 19 (15)

DC: 29/1 (4)

Vintage KL! He leans forward and creamed a cover drive through the gap for four. He overtakes Kohli for the most fours this season. This is a strong start from DC.
DC: 12/0 (1.2)

Slashed past point! He backed away to play through the off-side and ended up slicing the arm ball. There was no one at gully to intercept it, as Sanju had decided to move the fielder into a slip just a couple of balls earlier.

DC: 8/0 (0.5)

Akeal opening the bowling for CSK! Nissanka to face the first ball. Strays on the pads and Nissanka sweeps this hard past the fielder at backward square leg and to the boundary. Perfect start for DC!

DC: 4/0 (0.1)

DC batting-first XI: KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan

DC's Impact Player bench: Vipraj, Rizvi, Porel, Auqib, Miller

CSK bowling-first XI: Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Chowdhary, Gurjapneet Singh

CSK's Impact Player bench: Dube, Veer, Short, Madhwal, Sarfaraz

Axar Patel wins the toss and DC will bat first. This is a massive call, as the season has been dominated by teams chasing successfully. The decision is indeed surprising, according to experts. Lungi Ngidi is back for this game, replacing Kyle Jamieson in the playing XI.

DC have had a horror run at Arun Jaitley so far. They have won their last three games at home, mainly due to their poor fielding. The Capitals have dropped 16 catches so far in the tournament, and their catching efficiency at 65.2 per cent is the worst among all teams. 

Lungi Ngidi is back with the DC squad after completing concussion protocols. However, following Mitchell Starc's stunning season debut last time out, Ngidi is likely to sit out this one.

After suffering from a bad Form in Early stage of IPL 2026, Ruturaj Gaikwad is back in form. He scored a unbeaten 67 in the previous match - his second consecutive half-century. He overtook Faf Du Plessis to become the 3rd leading Run Scorer for CSK in IPL.

CSK lead 3:2 in the past five meetings against DC. This is the first game on pitch no. 4 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium this season. As per ESPNcricinfo, the team batting first has a 3-2 record since the last two seasons, even though the toss decision has been to chase in seven of the last eight games.

DC's talisman KL Rahul has scored 433 runs in nine matches so far this season. He needs just eight runs tonight to surpass Abhishek Sharma (440) in the Orange Cap race for now.

Good evening and welcome to our live blog of the IPL 2026 match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. Both teams have won four of their nine matches so far, with CSK (6th) sitting just ahead of DC (7th) in the points table thanks to a superior Net Run-Rate.