Having put to bat first, Mumbai Indians' (MI) wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Rickelton scored nine runs in 11 balls, including two boundaries. Fellow opening batsman Rohit Sharma garnered 35 runs in 26 balls, with the help of five boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@mipaltan)

Tilak Varma was dismissed on a two-ball duck. Sherfane Rutherford also returned to the pavilion after scoring five runs in seven balls, including a boundary (Pic: File Pic)

Later, stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav played a stunning knock of 51 runs off 36 deliveries, which was laced with three boundaries and two maximums. Facing 21 balls, Naman Dhir accumulated 28 runs, including two boundaries and a maximum. Mitchell Santner also scored an unbeaten 18 runs in 13 balls, including two boundaries. Along with him, Corbin Bosch stayed unbeaten on 11 runs in four balls, with the help of two boundaries. With this, the "Paltan" posted a total of 162 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs (Pic: X/@mipaltan)

DC's Mukesh Kumar returned with the figures of two wickets for 26 runs in three overs. Lungi Ngidi, skipper Axar Patel, Vipraj Nigam, and T. Natarajan also chipped in with one wicket each. Star spinner Kuldeep Yadav went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against MI (Pic: X/@DelhiCapitals)

In the previous match, DC's star batsman KL Rahul was dismissed on a one-ball duck. The home crowd will expect the right-handed batsman to deliver a big knock against the "Paltan" (Pic: X/@DelhiCapitals)