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The 48th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). This match is being held on 5th May at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Delhi won the toss and decided to bat first. Lungi Ngidi is fit and back in the team for Delhi in this match. At the same time, Chennai has also made some changes in its playing-11.

This match is very important for both the teams to remain in the race for the playoffs. Whichever team wins here, it can make a good jump in the points table. Delhi and Chennai have played 9-9 matches so far, in which both have 4-4 wins and 5-5 losses. However, the difference between the two is the net run rate of CSK is +0.005, while that of DC is -0.895. For this reason, Chennai is currently at sixth position, while Delhi is at seventh position.

Lungi Ngidi returned fit

Lungi Ngidi got injured when he was trying to take a catch in the match against Punjab Kings. While taking the catch, Ngidi fell badly and his head hit the ground. The collision was so strong that he had to be immediately taken to the hospital. Now Chennai has brought him in place of Kyle Jamieson in the playing 11.

Chennai arrived with two changes

After losing the toss, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said, ‘We have seen a lot of positive things in the last 2-3 matches. Even if we don’t win every match, good signs are visible in the team. The journey is still long. After Ghosh’s injury we had to make some changes in the team. Today two changes have been made, Akil Hosein and Gurjapneet Singh have come into the team.

DC vs CSK playing-11

• Delhi Capitals: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.
  Impact Substitute: Vipraj Nigam, Sameer Rizvi, Abhishek Porel, Auqib Nabi Dar, David Miller.
• Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Dewald Brewis, Jamie Overton, Akil Hussain, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjapneet Singh.
  Impact Substitute: Shivam Dubey, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Akash Madhwal, Sarfaraz Khan.