Toss Decision - Captain's Comments & Reasoning

"We will bowl first, as it is the first match at home, so I want to see how the wicket behaves. It is looking hard and also on the dry side. We are feeling confident after winning the previous game. The top order knows that there are batters who can score runs if it fails," Axar Patel said.

Mumbai Indians stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav is not worried after losing the toss.

"Hardik Pandya is unwell, so he is not playing. There is a lot of positivity in the camp after winning the first game in 13 years. We are happy to bat first as the toss is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if we bat or bowl first. We will try to put runs on the board," he said.

Playing XIs

MI XI 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Naman Dhir, 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

MI impact options - Mayank Markande, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar

DC XI 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Vipraj Nigam, 5 Axar Patel (capt), 6 David Miller, 7 Tristan Stubbs, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Lungi Ngidi, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Mukesh Kumar

DC impact options - Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Sameer Rizvi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair

Toss Result Today - DC vs MI Match 8 IPL 2026

Q1: Who won the toss today in the DC vs MI Match 8 IPL 2026?

Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Q2: What was the toss time today?

The toss took place at 03:00 pm IST.

Q3: Why did the captain choose to bowl first?

Axar Patel has decided to bowl first because of a new and fresh wicket.

Q4: Where is today's match being played?

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi