DC Schedule IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals Fixtures List, Match Dates, Timing and Venues

The BCCI revealed the first phase of the IPL 2026 schedule on Wednesday. This phase includes 20 matches. It was announced 17 days before the start of the tournament. The opening match will be between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Delhi Capitals will start their IPL 2026 season against Lucknow Super Giants in an away match on April 1. The match will be played at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. However, the tournament will start on Saturday, March 28, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The first match of the season will be between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru.

Axar Patel's side finished in fifth place in the last IPL season and just missed the playoffs. They played 14 matches in IPL 2025. The team won seven matches and lost six. Delhi also lost two matches against the Mumbai Indians. One match was a big loss by 59 runs, and the other was a close loss by 12 runs. In the new season, Delhi will try to do better and reach the playoffs.

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Here is the Delhi Capitals IPL 2026 first phase schedule below:

Delhi Capitals full squad for IPL 2026: 

Axar Patel(C), KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mitchell Starc, David Miller, Ben Duckett, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Prithvi Shaw, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Ajay Mandal, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Dar, Nitish Rana, T. Natrajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Lungisani Ngidi, Kyle Jamison, Kuldeep Yadav.