IPL 2026: The heat of Power Sunday in Delhi, Rohit and Rahul will face each other again today, know how the playing XI will be.

News India Live, Digital Desk: The excitement of IPL 2026 is at its peak and today the eyes of cricket lovers are fixed on the country’s capital Delhi. Delhi Capitals (DC) And Mumbai Indians (MI) The 8th match of the season is being played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. This is the first afternoon match of this season, which will test the patience and technique of both the teams amidst the scorching heat. While Delhi would like to dominate on its home ground, five-time champions Mumbai Indians will enter the field with the intention of maintaining their excellent record on this pitch.

Rohit Sharma vs Kuldeep Yadav: The biggest clash

The biggest attraction of this match is the battle between Rohit Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav. Former Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma is in tremendous form at the moment and in the last match itself he has played a stormy innings of 78 runs on 38 balls. However, Kuldeep Yadav can prove to be a big challenge for them on the slow and spin-friendly pitch of Delhi. How Rohit gets caught in the trap of Kuldeep’s spin or how he overcomes it, could be the turning point of this match.

‘Chess game’ will be seen between KL Rahul and Bumrah

KL Rahul is taking up the responsibility of handling the innings for Delhi Capitals, but in front of him will be the world’s most dangerous fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Experts believe that this match will be a ‘chess game’ with a speed of 150 kilometers per hour. Apart from this, there will be an all-rounder battle between Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya in the middle overs. The match between Suryakumar Yadav vs Mitchell Starc is also enough to increase the heartbeats of the audience.

Importance of pitch report and toss

The pitch at Arun Jaitley Stadium (Kotla) generally favors spin bowlers. Due to it being an afternoon match, dew will not play any role, due to which the team winning the toss may prefer to bat first. Delhi had won the last match on the basis of brilliant innings by Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs, while the Mumbai team is relying on its strong batting lineup. Both the teams can consider including an additional spinner in their playing eleven.

Probable playing eleven of both the teams

Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (captain), Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), David Miller.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tilak Verma, Tim David, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Ryan Rickelton.