IPL 2026 DC vs PBKS Playing 11: Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals will square off against Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings in the 35th match of IPL 2026 on April 25 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
Punjab Kings is the only team that remains undefeated in the ongoing season, as they have won 5 out of 6 games, while one game ended abandoned due to rain.
On the other hand, Delhi had a mixed season having 3 wins out of four games. With Punjab Kings sits in the top, Delhi Capitals are in the 6th position of the IPL 2026 points table.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, DC captain Axar Patel said, “We will bowl first. It looks a bit dry and obviously it’s a day game, and you know it’s quite hot as well. So we’re thinking of putting up a good total first and then trying to defend it. (Do you think it will get quite slow later on?) Yes, from the looks of it, it seems like it will slow down a bit later, and the bowlers might get some help as well.”
“So we want to post a good total first and give the bowlers a chance to make use of any assistance from the wicket. We want to focus on ourselves. Every team we are playing is playing good cricket. We have also been playing good cricket, but the thing is that in crucial moments, I think we are not winning those moments in the game.”
“We are making silly mistakes, and if we correct those, I think we will be back on track. If consistency comes in, and if we fix the small mistakes we are making in the field or in taking decisions at crucial times, then I think we will be on the winning side most of the time. We are playing the same team,” concluded Axar Patel.
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Meanwhile PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, “It’s important to stay in the moment, that’s how you want the environment to be. I personally feel you just have to keep training harder and keep getting better every now and then, better than the previous performance.”
“And that’s what I keep telling my teammates as well. We need to inculcate right habits in the dressing room and culture that we’ve been building so far. And it has been, touch wood, going great.”
“We just have to keep enjoying the game and have fun along with each other. I would love to bowl. And thankfully, I had a small discussion with Axar before the toss. He said that he’s going to bat, so I was happy that we are going to bowl and the toss was inconsequential. We are going with the same team,” concluded Shreyas Iyer.
IPL 2026 DC vs PBKS Playing 11
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
