Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2026 Live Score: Sanju Samson (115*) finally struck some form for Chennai Super Kings. The wicketkeeper batter smashed the first century of the season. He reached the milestone in only 52 balls. Ayush Mhatre (59), too, took on the charge quickly and struck crucial boundaries. Mhatre shared a 113-run stand with Samson before he was asked to retire out by the CSK management. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad (15 off 18) struggled once again before being dismissed by Axar Patel. The hosts scored 212 runs with DC fielders having a poor day at Chidambaram Stadium. Stay tuned for Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 live score, key moments, and real-time coverage from this blockbuster CSK vs DC IPL encounter here on NewsX.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bowl first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. CSK will host DC as they aim to bounce back to winning ways. Meanwhile, the Delhi Capitals, who lost their first game of the season in their previous encounter, would want to make sure that they do not let it become a streak. Axar Patel’s men would know that they have a strong chance of registering a win against a struggling CSK side. Meanwhile, the Super Kings have failed to create any sort of dominance at home.
Chennai Super Kings have started on the worst note possible. The five-time champions, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, have lost each of their first three games. In their three losses, what has stung the CSK management and the fans as well is that there are not many positives to look at. The batters failed in the first and third games. However, the bowlers have been a constant point of concern for the skippers. The lack of wickets in the power play has meant that there hasn’t been much pressure created on the opposition batters.
Delhi Capitals started their season strongly with a couple of wins. The Axar Patel-led side came short in their previous encounter by a single run against the Gujarat Titans. However, they have happy memories of playing CSK at Chidambaram Stadium. The Capitals won here last year with KL Rahul being named the player of the match. They are placed fourth on the IPL 2026 points table and a win today will take them to the third place.
Axar Patel (C), KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi Dar, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Madhav Tiwari
Axar Patel (C), KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi Dar, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prithvi Shaw, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel, Sahil Parakh, Madhav Tiwari
Change of ends for Khaleel Ahmed did the trick for Chennai Super Kings. The left-arm pacer was hit for a four earlier in the fifth over by Pathum Nissanka. However, he claimed his first wicket of the season dismissing KL Rahul on the final ball of the over.
There is no stopping the DC batters. Seeing KL Rahul attack in the previous over, Pathum Nissanka decided to join the party. He struck a six and a four in the fourth over. Anshul Kamboj, bowling his first over was on the receiving end. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson is back on the field and is now keeping the wickets.
Akeal Hosein, playing his first IPL game for CSK, has been off the mark. The left-arm spinner was struck for a four and a six by KL Rahul off consecutive deliveries. Ruturaj Gaikwad would want this partnership to be broken as soon as possible.
It is an expensive start to Khaleel Ahmed’s spell. The left-arm pacer was hit for a six and a couple of fours by Pathum Nissanka in the second over.
Akeal Hosein on his debut for CSK, bowled a couple of no-balls. However, the spinner gave only eight runs in the opening over. Pathum Nissanka smashed a four to get going.
It is Akeal Hosein who has taken the new ball for CSK. The left-arm spinner was called in the playing XI as an impact player, replacing Ayush Mhatre. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson has not taken the field so far and Kartik Sharma is keeping the wickets.
It is Shivam Dube who provided a strong finishing touch to the innings. The left-handed batter struck a six and a four in the innings in the final over. He ended up scoring 20 runs off 10 deliveries after replacing Ayush Mhatre in the middle. Sanju Samson ended up with 115 runs next to his name.
Sanju Samson is putting on a show at Chidambaram Stadium. The right-handed batter struck a six to end the 19th over from Lungi Ngidi. CSK are looking at a score of more than 210 at least. CSK: 197/3
An interesting turn of events. Ayush Mhatre was asked by the CSK team management to retire out. Shivam Dube replaced him at the crease. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson struck the first century of this IPL. The right-handed batter was under extreme pressure coming to this clash after being dismissed for three single-digit scores.
Lungi Ngidi returned to the attack and bowled a solid over. The South African pacer gave only five singles in the over totally killing the momentum CSK had built in the last few overs.
Once again, fielding from the Delhi Capitals has been pretty poor. In the 16th over, Ayush Mhatre was provided with a couple of lives again. There was a run-out miss as well as David Miller dropped a tough catch.
Ayush Mhatre has hit his third half-century in the IPL. It is his second fifty of the season. The teenager reached to the milestone with a six on the first ball of the 15th over. Sanju Samson too struck a six and a four in the over as he is racing towards a maiden century with CSK.
Axar Patel bowled out his quota of four overs. The left-arm spinner went for 11 runs in the over after being hit for a six by Ayush Mhatre. Meanwhile, Mhatre is only five runs away from reaching his half-century.
The two batters from CSK are making sure that Chennai end up scoring yet another 200+ total. In the 13th over from Lungi Ngidi, Ayush Mhatre struck a six and a four off consecutive deliveries.
Sanju Samson has fully arrived for CSK now. The wicketkeeper batter struck yet another six this time against Kuldeep Yadav. Ayush Mhatre, too struck a huge maximum on the first ball of the over.
After being granted second lives in the previous over, both Ayush Mhatre and Sanju Samson went after Natarajan. Mhatre struck a four on the first ball of the 11th over, meanwhile, Samson hit the first six of the clash. CSK: 103/1
Delhi Capitals, in a single over, missed an opportunity to dismiss both opening batters. The first opportunity came in the form of a run-out chance to dismiss Ayush Mhatre. However, KL Rahul failed to collect the ball cleanly and could not inflict the run-out. Later in the over, Pathum Nissanka dropped a tough catch to dismiss Sanju Samson, and the ball reached the boundary. To make matters worse, Samson struck a four to end the over.
For the first time in this season, Mukesh Kumar bowled a solitary over in the power play. The right-arm pacer returned back in the attack, giving away only four runs in the ninth over. He also convinced skipper Axar Patel going for a review against a wide call which turned out to be a succesful one.
Kuldeep Yadav came in the attack in the eighth over. The left-arm chinaman started strongly giving only four runs in the first balls. However, he bowled a poor short delivery and was hammered for a four by Ayush Mhatre.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been put out of his misery. The CSK skipper was dismissed by Axar Patel on the second after the power play. Patel after going for 13 runs in his opening over gave four runs in his next over.
Sanju Samson has finally struck some form and it will be a huge relief for the CSK management and the fans. The wicketkeeper batter hit a couple of boundaries in the sixth over against Lungi Ngidi.
T Natarajan came into the attack to bowl the fifth over of the power play. The left-arm pacer gave nine runs in the over after being hit for a boundary by Sanju Samson.
For the first time in this season, the openers from Chennai Super Kings have provided a strong start to the innings. It is Sanju Samson who has struck form at a crucial juncture. The wicketkeeper batter struck a couple of fours to end the fourth over as Axar Patel gave away 13 runs in the over.
While Sanju Samson is showing signs of getting back in touch, it has been tough going for Ruturaj Gaikwad. The CSK skipper played three dots in the third over as Auqib Nabi continued his spell. Gaikwad has scored only four runs in nine balls so far.
Sanju Samson finally has gone past the single-digit figures. The wicketkeeper batter struck a couple of fours to end the second over from Mukesh Kumar. Coming to this clash, Samson had scored only 22 runs in three innings.
Auqib Nabi found some movement in the air his first over in IPL. The right-arm pacer was hit for a four by Sanju Samson in the over and also bowled a wide with 10 runs being scored in the opening over.
And it is Auqib Nabi who is taking the new ball against Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad on his debut. The pacer from Jammu and Kashmir would like to make an immediate impact in the clash.
Sanju Samson will be under some pressure after not having the best of starts to his IPL 2026 season. The wicketkeeper batter has scored only 22 runs in three innings so far. What would worry him is that all three of his dismissals have been single-digit scores. He will be facing Mukesh Kumar with the new ball, who has been in a decent touch in recent games.
Jammu and Kashmir’s star in the Ranji Trophy, Auqib Nabi, gets his debut for Delhi Capitals. The right-arm pacer picked up 60 wickets in the 2025-26 season as J&K won a historic Ranji Trophy title. He will be looking to take the new ball along with Mukesh Kumar in the first innings.
KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (C), Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Auqib Nabi, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Gurjapneet Singh
Delhi Capitals have won the toss and decided to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings. It is yet another toss lost for Ruturaj Gaikwad, who would now have to bat first again and the CSK fans would hope that their skipper and Sanju Samson can finally get a good start with the bat in hand.
Both Dewald Brevis and Matt Short are receiving throwdowns from CSK batting coach, Michael Hussey. Meanwhile, Akeal Hosein, Gurjapneet Singh, Noor Ahmad, and Prashant Veer are bowling at the side-wicket suggesting changes in the playing XI as well tactics.
The toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium is only 10 minutes away. It is expected that the Chennai Super Kings will be making a few changes in their playing XI. Meanwhile, the lack of form for Nitish Rana could open up a batting slot in the DC batting lineup as well.
Sanju Samson and Sameer Rizvi will be facing their former teams. Samson, who has not had the best of starts to the IPL 2026 season, played for the Delhi-based franchise in 2016 and 2017. Meanwhile, Rzivi made his debut in the IPL with Chennai Super Kings in 2024. He played only eight games for them before moving to DC in 2025.
Chennai Super Kings Predicted Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Sanju Samson (wk), Ayush Mhatre, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Sarfaraz Khan, Akeal Hosein, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed
Impact Player: Anshul Kamboj
Delhi Capitals Predicted Playing XI: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (C), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan
Impact Player: Mukesh Kumar
In recent years, Chidambaram Stadium’s pitch has been very different from what players and spectators are accustomed to. With batsmen controlling the game, Chennai has seen a surge in runs over the past several years. As a result, CSK, who relied on spinners during their years of supremacy, have had difficulty keeping up a winning home record. Once more, a flatter track is anticipated at Chepauk, and both sides’ batters will be trying to maximize the batting-friendly surface.
Chennai Super Kings lead the head-to-head record against Delhi Capitals. The five-time champions have won 19 clashes out of 31 against the Capitals. Ruturaj Gaikwad would want to make sure that adds yet another win to this tally.
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