🏏IPL 2026: DC vs CSK, 48th Match, Delhi on 05/05/2026 at 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 2

I am not getting good feeling from this match.

I hope I am wrong.

Thank you Soni, for the thread and for tagging.

Best wishes to both teams.

The top run scorers

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.

Capitals eye payback

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.

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The pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium is expected to be a paradise for batters. Conditions are likely to heavily favour stroke play, setting the stage for a high-scoring encounter when Delhi Capitals take on Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday. With short boundaries aiding big hits, batters are expected to enjoy their time in the middle and dominate proceedings.

Weather in Delhi on May 5 looks ideal for the IPL clash at Arun Jaitley Stadium. A sunny day will see temperatures peak near 33°C before easing to around 23°C in the evening. Clear skies and just a 10% rain chance reduce any threat of interruption. With humidity near 46% and a light northeast breeze, conditions should remain comfortable for an uninterrupted night game.

Some facts and findings---

Delhi Capitals will need to stop oscillating between sublime and suicidal to overcome their streak of three painful losses at home when they take on an equally desperate Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.

Both sides are on eight points from nine games and with five matches remaining, there is no room left for error.

The Capitals put up a clinical batting performance in Jaipur on Friday night to get a welcome win after a hat-trick of defeats. Two of those losses came at home causing immense hurt in the dressing room as Punjab Kings chased down a record 265 before Royal Challengers Bengaluru exposed their fragile batting against a potent pace attack.

The defeats at Kotla also includes a harrowing one-run loss to Gujarat Titans, a game that DC should have definitely won.

The biggest positives going for DC heading into the CSK game is opener Pathum Nissanka finding his range alongside the ever consistent K L Rahul while speedster Mitchell Starc providing the much-needed bite to the bowling attack.

Kuldeep Yadav would be itching to make amends after being smashed for three sixes in his final over in Jaipur. He has also been rather expensive thus far in the tournament, leaking runs at 10.26 runs per over while taking only seven wickets in nine games.

Middle and death overs specialist T Nataran too has not compensated for his high economy rate, tallying five wickets in nine games.

Despite an up and down run, captain Axar Patel has managed to remain calm and pragmatic.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

When: Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30 PM IST

Where: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

What to expect: A different track than the four previous games - pitch no. 4 - has been prepared, but should aid scoring. Average first innings total at the venue in wins has been 210 runs; the only aberration was DC's 75 all out. GT is the only team this season to defend a total here.

Head-to-head: CSK comfortably lead 20-12. Even in Delhi, the visitors have a strong 6-2 record. Since 2022, CSK have won four times to Delhi's two victories.

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Both Sanju and Rutu have to score.