IPL 2026: Delhi won the toss and decided to bat first against Punjab, both the teams are as follows…

New Delhi. Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first against Punjab Kings in the 35th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Saturday. Today here, Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bat first.

After the toss, Akshar Patel said that it is very hot, so we would like to defend it by making a good score. The pitch will slow down. All the teams are playing well, we are also trying to play well, but we are not winning on important occasions. We are making small mistakes. We need to work on this. There is no change in the team.

Whereas Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer said that our players have made excellent preparations. It is quite hot, but no complaints. We also want the situation to remain like this. We have to continue to train hard and get better every day. It is important to keep enjoying the game. I would have bowled first. Had a little talk with Akshar, he said that he will bat. The toss doesn’t matter much. There is no change in the team.

Both the teams are as follows:-

Delhi Capitals (XI): KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (captain), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar. Punjab Kings (wk): Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connelly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Yanson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.