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]IPL 2026, Match 35: Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings Predicted Playing XIs
by Dwijesh
Delhi Capitals will take on Punjab Kings in the 35th match of Indian Premier League 2026 on April 25th at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi with the game set to begin at 3:30 PM.
Axar Patel will captain DC, while Shreyas Iyer will lead PBKS. Both teams feature several top-quality players, and strong performances can be expected from stars like KL Rahul, Prabhsimran Singh, Tristan Stubbs and Cooper Connolly. It will be intriguing to see the final playing XIs that each side settles on ahead of this important clash.
Match Details
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Match | 35th T20 |
| Teams | Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings |
| Date | 25 April 2026 |
| Time | 3:30 PM |
| Venue | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Tournament | IPL 2026 |
| Broadcast | Star Sports Network, JioHotstar |
DC vs PBKS – Full Squad
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) |
|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka ✈️ (Batter) | Priyansh Arya (All Rounder) |
| KL Rahul (WK, Batter) | Prabhsimran Singh (WK, Batter) |
| Nitish Rana (All Rounder) | Cooper Connolly ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| Sameer Rizvi (All Rounder) | Shreyas Iyer (C, Batter) |
| David Miller ✈️ (Batter) | Marcus Stoinis ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ (Batter) | Nehal Wadhera (Batter) |
| Ashutosh Sharma (All Rounder) | Shashank Singh (All Rounder) |
| Axar Patel (C, All Rounder) | Marco Jansen ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| Kuldeep Yadav (Bowler) | Xavier Bartlett ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ (Bowler) | Arshdeep Singh (Bowler) |
| T Natarajan (Bowler) | Yuzvendra Chahal (Bowler) |
| Mukesh Kumar (Bowler) | Vyshak Vijaykumar (Bowler) |
| Karun Nair (Batter) | Pyla Avinash (Batter) |
| Abishek Porel (Batter) | Harnoor Singh (Batter) |
| Vipraj Nigam (All Rounder) | Musheer Ahmed Khan (All Rounder) |
| Madhav Tiwari (All Rounder) | Vishnu Vinod (Batter) |
| Tripurana Vijay (Bowler) | Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| Ajay Jadav Mandal (All Rounder) | Suryansh Shedge (All Rounder) |
| Mitchell Starc ✈️ (Bowler) | Mitchell Owen ✈️ (All Rounder) |
| Dushmantha Chameera ✈️ (Bowler) | Yash Thakur (Bowler) |
| Auqib Nabi (All Rounder) | Lockie Ferguson ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Sahil Parakh (Batter) | Harpreet Brar (Bowler) |
| Prithvi Shaw (Batter) | Ben Dwarshuis ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Kyle Jamieson ✈️ (Bowler) | Praveen Dubey (Bowler) |
| Vishal Nishad (Bowler) |
DC vs PBKS – Predicted Playing 11
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) |
|---|---|
| Nitish Rana | Prabhsimran Singh (WK) |
| Pathum Nissanka ✈️ | Shreyas Iyer (C) |
| KL Rahul (WK) | Nehal Wadhera |
| Tristan Stubbs ✈️ | Marcus Stoinis ✈️ |
| David Miller ✈️ | Shashank Singh |
| Axar Patel (C) | Marco Jansen ✈️ |
| Sameer Rizvi | Priyansh Arya |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Cooper Connolly ✈️ |
| T Natarajan | Arshdeep Singh |
| Mukesh Kumar | Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ | Vyshak Vijaykumar |
| Impact Player: Ashutosh Sharma | Impact Player: Xavier Bartlett ✈️ |
