LSG vs DC, Playing XIs: No Prithvi Shaw or Mayank Yadav, Pathum Nissanka to make IPL debut

The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) face off to commence their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign.

DC captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. He informed that Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka will make his IPL debut, opening alongside KL Rahul. It also meant that Dushmanta Chameera will sit out.

IPL 2026, Match 5: Playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav

Impact Subs:  Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akshat Raghuvanshi

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

Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair

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