Mi Vs Dc — Unchanged DC Bowl; MI Make Three Changes with Hardik Out
In the mi vs dc clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bowl. The match starts 04 April 2026, 6: 00 am ET, with Mumbai Indians missing Hardik Pandya who is unwell and sitting out. Mumbai made three changes — Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar and Mitchell Santner came into the XI while Trent Boult was moved out.
Match facts and XIs
Axar Patel took the toss and opted to bowl on pitch No. 6, a black-soil surface used previously for a high-scoring game. The square boundaries are 60 and 67 metres with a straight boundary at 73 metres. Delhi Capitals named an unchanged XI: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel (capt), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar. Impact Player options for Delhi were Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera and Karun Nair.
Mumbai Indians opened their batting with Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton (wk), joined by Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Naman Dhir and Sherfane Rutherford. The bowling and all-round options include Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah. Mumbai’s Impact Player choices were Mayank Markande, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult and Ashwani Kumar.
Mi Vs Dc: Pitch, changes and immediate reactions
The key immediate change to note is Hardik Pandya’s absence from the Mumbai line-up due to illness, which prompted Corbin Bosch and Deepak Chahar to enter the side and prompted Mitchell Santner’s inclusion in place of AM Ghazanfar. Delhi’s decision to bowl was decisive at toss time and shapes the day’s tactical battle.
Suryakumar Yadav described the toss move as “irrelevant” while standing in for the absent Mumbai captain at the toss. Axar Patel’s call to bowl locks Mumbai into an early chase in front of a home crowd on a surface described in match notes as the same black-soil pitch where a very high total was posted last year.
Quick context and what’s next
The surface and dimensions suggest spin and boundary management will play a significant role, with Delhi’s spin pairing and bowling depth built to exploit those conditions. Mumbai’s reworked XI adjusts for the missing all-round presence of Hardik and brings in seam and spin options to try to control the middle overs.
Watch for how the new Mumbai balance holds up through powerplay and middle overs, and whether Delhi’s unchanged attack can choke the chase. The next key updates — score progress, impact player decisions and any further injury news — will be confirmed as play unfolds in this mi vs dc fixture at 6: 00 am ET.
