IPL 2026, LSG vs DC Live Cricket Score Updates: Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants will open their campaign in the Indian Premier League 2026 against Axar Patel’s Delhi Capitals at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday.
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Both LSG and DC had a middling season in IPL 2025, failing to make it into the top four. While Delhi finished fifth and missed out on the playoff spot by just one point, Lucknow finished seventh with six wins from 14 league games.
LSG vs DC Playing 11, IPL 2026 Today Match: Check Here
The opening week saw home teams dominate in IPL 2026. In the season opener, Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru after winning the toss and electing to bowl first. This trend continued for all the games of this season thus far as Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati, and Punjab Kings handed Gujarat Titans a loss in Mullanpur all while winning the toss and choosing to field first.
IPL 2026, LSG vs DC Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report and Weather Update
In head-to-head, Delhi have won four of the seven meetings between the two sides, while Lucknow have won three.
LSG vs DC IPL 2026 Squads
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Arshin Kulkarni, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj Singh, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Arjun Sachin Tendulkar, Mayank Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anrich Nortje, Josh Inglis, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Naman Tiwari, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Mukul Choudhary.
Delhi Capitals: Abishek Porel, KL Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Tripurana Vijay, David Miller, Auqib Nabi Dar, Pathum Nissanka, Lungi Ngidi, Prithvi Shaw, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, T Natarajan, Madhav Tiwari, Karun Nair, Sahil Parakh.
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How many kilos has Rishabh Pant lost? Enough to scare every IPL bowler
(Left): Rishabh Pant ahead of the 2026 IPL season (right) Pant walks back after getting dismissed during the india vs South Africa Test in 2025. (Venkata Krishna B and AP)
A visibly exhausted Rishabh Pant says, almost pleading, “Woh mat puchiye.” He’s responding to a question about how many kilograms he’s shed. He doesn’t need to answer it. The work he has put in over the last five months speaks for itself. Ahead of what promises to be a defining IPL season, the Lucknow Super Giants captain looks remarkably fit as the franchise begins its preparations in Chennai. (READ MORE)
