Lucknow Super Giants will host Delhi Capitals in the fifth match of IPL 2026 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday. Both of these teams will look to begin their campaign on a high and tick the right boxes.

LSG has a potent batting unit but they will have their work cut out with the ball. Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, have a more balanced squad and they would aim to come up with a collective effort. DC had ticked the right boxes in the first phase of IPL 2025 but had veered off the track at the business end. However, they would want to carry the impetus in IPL 2026.

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LSG opener Aiden Markram needs 60 runs to complete 1500 runs in the IPL.

Ayush Badoni needs 37 runs to complete 1000 runs in the IPL.

DC captain Axar Patel needs 84 runs to complete 2000 runs in the IPL.

David Miller needs 12 sixes to complete 150 maximums in the IPL.

Karun Nair needs one six to complete 50 maximums in the tournament.

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Breetzke, Josh Inglis, Himmat Singh, Mukul Choudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari, Arjun Sachin Tendulkar, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Prabhu Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh

Delhi Capitals Squad: KL Rahul(w), Prithvi Shaw, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmantha Chameera, Kyle Jamieson, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, Pathum Nissanka, Sahil Parakh, Sameer Rizvi, Madhav Tiwari, Auqib Nabi Dar, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Jadav Mandal