The 48th match of the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played today between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. This match will start at 7:30 pm at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The toss will take place at 7 o’clock. Lungi Ngidi, who was injured on April 26, can play in today’s match, he is 100 percent fit. Even today MS Dhoni will not play, he has not even come to Delhi with the team. Know with which playing 11 both the teams can play today, who can be the impact player.

Talking about Delhi Capitals, under the captaincy of Akshar Patel the team has lost 4 out of the last 5 matches. The team could not defend the target of 265 against Punjab, so in the very next match the team collapsed for 75 runs (against RCB). Both these matches were played in Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Delhi Capitals is at 7th position in the points table with 8 points, net run rate of -0.895. Chennai Super Kings have also won only 4 out of 9 matches, they also have 8 points but the net run rate is better (+0.005) and that is why they are at sixth position in the table.

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Probable playing 11 of Delhi Capitals

Delhi has confirmed that Lungi Ngidi is completely fit. He suffered neck and head injuries on April 26. Pathum Nissanka will continue to open with KL Rahul. David Miller can be laid to rest today. Kyle Jamieson can be kept out in place of Ngidi.

Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (captain), Aaqib Nabi, Mitchell Starc, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav.

Impact Player: T Natarajan

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Probable playing 11 of Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni did not reach Delhi with the team. He is still struggling with a calf injury. CSK will have to choose between Urvil Patel and Sarfaraz Khan, Urvil can be played.

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh.

Impact Player: Mukesh Chaudhary.

Will MS Dhoni Play Today Against DC: Today (05 May) the 48th match of IPL 2026 will be played between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The match will start at 7:30 pm. Before the match, only one question is arising in the minds of the fans, will CSK legend MS Dhoni play today’s match? Here you will get a very direct answer to this question.

Chennai has played 9 league matches in the season. The team will take the field for the 10th match against Delhi. Dhoni is still yet to play the first match of the season. Fans are eagerly waiting for Dhoni’s return. The thing to note is that Mahi is seen practicing in the nets, which is giving hope to the fans.

Will MS Dhoni play against Delhi today?

Chennai bowling coach Eric Simmons shared the latest update on Dhoni’s return. A day before the match, Simmons said, “It is beyond my understanding to give an update on Dhoni. He is not with us (in Delhi). He will be ready when he is ready and he knows when he is ready to play.”

Dhoni not coming to Delhi with the team clearly means that today he will not be a part of Chennai’s playing eleven in the match against Delhi. Fans will have to wait longer for Dhoni’s return.

MS Dhoni’s injury

Mahi is struggling with calf injury. While sharing an update on March 28, i.e. the day of the beginning of the season, the franchise had said that he may remain out for 2 weeks. Now more than a month has passed, but Dhoni has not returned. Chennai has not officially given any other update regarding Dhoni. Now it will be interesting to see when he returns.

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IPL 2026 Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings: Today (May 5) on Tuesday, the 48th match of IPL 2026 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. This match will be held at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Through the match, both the teams would like to improve their position in the points table and increase their hopes for the playoffs.

Both the teams have played 9-9 matches. In these matches both have won 4-4. However, Chennai is above Delhi in the table due to better net run rate. Chennai is at sixth position and Delhi is at seventh position. In such a situation, let us know which team wins today. Here you will get to know everything from the playing eleven of the match, pitch report of the stadium and match prediction.

Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium is considered beneficial for the batsmen, due to which the match can be high scoring. The small boundary of the ground also works in the interest of the batsmen. Now it will be interesting to see how the pitch behaves in today’s match.

live streaming

The match between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings will be telecast live on TV through Star Sports Network. Live streaming of the match will be through JioHotstar.

Delhi vs Chennai Head to Head

So far 32 matches have been played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. In these matches, Chennai has gained the lead and has won 20. Delhi has won the remaining 12 matches.

match prediction

In head to head, Chennai looks ahead. On the other hand, the performance of both the teams in the current season also looks similar. In such a situation, it will be difficult to call any one team a contender for victory. However, our prediction meter says that Delhi can win the match.

Probable playing 11 of Delhi Capitals

KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel/Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel (captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.

Probable playing 11 of Chennai Super Kings

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Urvil Patel, Karthik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjapaneet Singh/Akash Madhwal.

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