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New Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium hosts home favorite Delhi Capitals and five-time champions Mumbai Indians in the eighth match of the IPL 2026 on Saturday afternoon. Both teams will look forward to continuing their winning start to the season, but they are likely to face the rain threat looming over Delhi.

Delhi Capitals survived an early collapse to chase down the 142-run target with six wickets remaining against Lucknow Super Giants. With new captain Axar Patel guiding the team, the Capitals will look to record another win in their first home game this season.

Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, also kicked off their IPL 2026 campaign with a statement five-wicket win while chasing a huge 221-run target against KKR. Star all-rounder Mitchell Santner is available for the upcoming game, a major boost to the five-time champions' visit to Delhi.

DC vs MI Pitch Report

The surface at Arun Jaitley Stadium provides a batting-friendly pitch in T20 cricket. This match will be played on pitch No. 6, which has produced some high-scoring games in recent years. With short boundaries and fast outfield, we can expect a run-fest across both innings in this afternoon's game.

With rain also in the play, the pitch is likely to provide some help to fast bowlers in the early stages, but once settled, the batters will be able to score freely. Teams are expected to bat first after winning the toss, with no dew factor in place due to the match timing.

DC vs MI Weather Report

Delhi's weather on Friday suggests rain. There is a forecast of rain before the game, so fans can expect a delayed start or a wet outfield. The chance of precipitation during the toss time is 10% to 15%. The temperature will hover around 27 degrees Celsius with just 37% humidity in the air.

DC vs MI Predicted Playing XI Today

DC: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi (impact player)

MI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Shardul Thakur, Mayank Markande, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav (impact player)

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