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IPL 2026 SRH vs DC Playing 11: Ishan Kishan-led Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals in the 31st match of the IPL 2026 on April 21 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad has secured three wins out of six games, while Delhi Capitals has secured three wins out of five games. Both sides have 6 points and secured 4th and 5th match of the IPL 2026 points table.

Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad have met on 26 occasions where Delhi have 12 wins and Hyderabad have 13 wins.

Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, DC Captain Axar Patel said, “We will bowl first. Luck is going well (on the toss); winning all matches would have been better. Thank you, I didn’t think I would play 100 matches for DC. Hopefully, it’ll end up with a win tonight.”

“Obviously, to balance the team you need to understand how to balance your playing eleven in cricket, what kind of wicket you are getting, so according to the situation you balance the team.”

:And obviously, when you have such a big squad, it becomes difficult to manage everyone, but at the same time you tell them that whatever contribution you make, you should think that you are doing it for the team.”

“Whoever is sitting out, and whoever we select, we select the best eleven for the team. And in this way, the players also understand how the cricket game works — we can only play eleven players. One change: Nitish Rana replaces Aquib Nabi, ” concluded Axar Patel.

Meanwhile, SRH captain Ishan Kishan said, “It’s hard to decide right now because I don’t think this is a similar kind of wicket which we played on for the previous two matches. But yeah, it all depends on how it plays and how we, you know, go ahead about it. We have a few changes.”

“They have been doing well. It’s more about—not about the results—but about execution and their headspace. They have been in a good mindset, coming up with plans like I said earlier, and you know, that is what any captain wants from their young bowlers. So we’ll take one match at a time, and I think they’ll keep on executing the plans,” concluded Ishan Kishan.

IPL 2026 SRH vs DC Playing 11

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga.

Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi