DC vs CSK Highlights, IPL 2026: Sanju Samson, Kartik Sharma take Chennai home; Playoff chances brighten

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Karun Nair moves across the off-side and paddled the ball towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. Much needed four for the Capitals.

Delhi Capitals 45/2 in 7 overs.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: It's the end of the powerplay and CSK are bossing the game for now. The loss of Nissanka and KL Rahul has pegged Delhi back and Nitish Rana and Karun Nair have a lot to do.

Delhi Capitals 37/2 in 6 overs.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Akeal Hosein strikes big for CSK! And it's KL Rahul who has to walk back. The right-hander danced down the track, looking to hit a six straight down the ground. But there was no timing and Ruturaj Gaikwad completed an easy catch.

Delhi Capitals 36/2 in 5.1 overs.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: SWEET SWEET Timing! Nitish Rana breaks the shackles. Anshul Kamboj bowls a freebie and the left-hander just eases it through the offside and the ball races towards the boundary ropes.

Delhi Capitals 36/1 in 4.5 overs.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Wicket!!!! Nissanka departs. Choudhary strikes here. Very important wicket for the Super Kings.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Akeal Hosein bowls a good second over. Just six runs off it despite a boundary.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: A decent over from Mukesh Choudhary. Though he did not pick up the wicket, he kept scoring in check. Just five runs off it. Capitals are 13 without loss after two overs.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Good start for Delhi. Two boundaries off the first over. They have eight runs on the board are up and running nicely.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The Capitals start with a boundary of the first ball. Great way to get going!!

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: So, we are all set for the live action to begin. KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka to start the innings for the Capitals. Akeal Hosein will start the proceedings with the new ball for the Chennai Super Kings.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026:

Delhi Capitals: Karun Nair and Lungi Ngidi are in. Sameer Rizvi and Kyle Jamieson are out.

Chennai Super Kings: Kartik Sharma, Akeal Hosein and Gurjapneet Singh are in. Shivam Dube, Ramakrishna Ghosh and Prashant Veer are out.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026:

Impact Player Substitutions -

Chennai Super Kings: Shivam Dube, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Madhwal

Delhi Capitals: Sameer Rizvi, Abishek Porel, Vipraj Nigam, David Miller, Auqib Nabi

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026:

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Gurjapneet Singh

Delhi Capitals Playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul (wk), Karun Nair, Tristan Stubbs, Nitish Rana, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals have won the toss and they have decided to bat first.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Anshul Kamboj is the CSK factor Delhi Capitals have to handle carefully tonight. He comes into the game with 17 wickets in nine matches, making him CSK's most productive bowler this season and one of the leading wicket-takers in IPL 2026. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium, where defensive bowling can disappear quickly, Kamboj's valye is in taking wickets before DC's batting order settles.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Mitchell Starc can affect this game most cleanly in the powerplay. Chennai's batting depends heavily on a stable start, and Starc's new-ball angle to right-handers can attack the stumps, pads and outside edge before the pitch settles down. His return also gives Delhi a stronger death-overs option, especially if CSK keep wickets for the final five overs.

Chennai Super Kings won the earlier meeting against Delhi Capitals by 23 runs at Chepauk. CSK posted 212/2, built around Sanju Samson's unbeaten 115, before restricting the Capitals to 189/9. Tristan Stubbs fought with 60 off 38 balls for DC, but the chase kept drifting as the asking rate climbed. Jamie Overton was the decisive bowler for Chennai, finishing with 4/18 and breaking Delhi's middle order. That result gave CSK their first points of the season.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: The Arun Jaitley Stadium surface is expected to remain batting-friendly, with good pace and carry for stroke-makers. The venue has already produced high-scoring games this season, with even targets around 250 not looking safe. That makes powerplay discipline and death-overs execution critical for both attacks. Fast bowlers may get value if they hit the pitch hard early, but once the batters settle, cutters, wide yorkers and pace variation become important. Spinners can still come into play through the middle overs, but this is not a surface where loose lengths usually survive long.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals' biggest issue this season is not only their win-loss record, but the damage carried in the net run rate. DC enter the CSK game on eight points from nine matches, but their NRR is -0.895, the worst among the main mid-table contenders. That makes every defeat costlier and every narrow win less useful. Delhi can still reach 16 points by winning four of their last five, but if they finish level with other teams, NRR could become a serious problem. For DC, the job from here is not only winning bu also ensuring the margins remain clearer and bigger.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Chennai Super Kings' biggest problem this season has been continuity. Their recent form reads W-L-W-L-W, which sums up a campaign where they have produced string games without building a run. The injuries have made that harder. Even though they have performed well in patches, they have not found a stable XI and repeatable match template.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Chennai Super Kings enter this game on 8 points from nine matches, with five league fixtures left and a net run rate of +0.005. Their equation is clearer than comfortable: win four of the remaining five and reach 16 points. Three wins would take them to 14, but that would leave qualification dependent on other results and NRR swings. Tonight matters because the Delhi Capitals are in a similar position, making this a direct playoff race.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals' playoff equation is still open, but the room for error is thin. They are on 8 points from 9 matches, with five league games left and a poor net run rate of -0.895. The clean route is four wins from here, which would take them to 16 points and keep qualification largely in their hands. Three wins would leave them on 14, but that route depends heavily on other results and major NRR repair. That makes tonight's Chennai Super Kings game critical.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Anshul Kamboj is the leading wicket-taker across the two squads going into the DC vs CSK match, with 17 wickets in nine matches for the Chennai Super Kings. He is also the joint-top in the IPL 2026 Purple Cap race. Jamie Overton gives CSK a second wicket-taking threat, with 10 wickets this season, including a 4 for 18 against the Capitals in the earlier meeting. For the Capitals, Lungi Ngidi has six wickets in seven matches, while Mitchell Starc return in the previous game and took three wickets against Rajasthan Royals.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: KL Rahul is the top run-scorer across the two squads going into this fixture, with 433 runs in nine matches for the Delhi Capitals at an average of 54.12 and a strike rate of 185.84. He also sits among the leading run-getters in the tournament. For Chennai Super Kings, Sanju Samson leads their chart with 315 runs from nine matches. The focus would therefore be clearly on Rahul's form at the top and Samson's role for CSK. In a fixture between two teams stuck in eight points, the highest-volume batters on either side carry direct weight.

DC vs CSK LIVE Score, IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals have a clear reference point tonight. Chennai Super Kings beat them earlier this season, and DC now get the return fixture at the Arun Jaitley Stadium with a chance to correct that result. The first meeting exposed areas Delhi could not control for long enoigh, espeicallay in sustatining pressure across both innings. This time, the venue changes, but the requirement stays direct: start better, avoid loose middle-overs phases, and make CSK chase the game instead of settling into it. For Chennai, the target will be to repeat the same, control and keep DC under pressure again.