IPL 2026: Is David Miller playing in DC vs PBKS Match 35?

Published - 25 Apr 2026, 15:29 IST | Updated - 25 Apr 2026, 15:35 IST

Delhi Capitals (DC) are batting first against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the ongoing Match No. 35 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, on Saturday, April 25. There were concerns about whether David Miller would feature in the playing XI ahead of the contest, as the South African batter is going through a rough patch.

Delhi Capitals got the coin flip in their favour after PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer called it incorrectly at the toss. With that, the host skipper Axar Patel said that they would be looking to set a total set for the visiting batting unit, which boasts formidable names like Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, and Cooper Connolly at the top.

While it may sound surprising, DC retained their faith in David Miller for this encounter, despite his poor run of form, showing that they back his skills and experience that can come good in crunch situations. Punjab, on the other hand, are having winning momentum with them and thus haven't made any changes to the lineup.

It's important to stay in the moment; that's how you want the environment to be. I personally feel you just have to keep training harder and keep getting better every now and then – better than the previous performance. And that's what I keep telling my teammates as well. We need to inculcate right habits in the dressing room and culture that we've been building so far.

And it has been, touch wood, going great. We just have to keep enjoying the game and have fun along with each other. I would love to bowl. And thankfully, I had a small discussion with Axar before the toss. He said that he's going to bat, so I was happy that we are going to bowl and the toss was inconsequential. We are going with the same team.

We will bowl first. It looks a bit dry, and obviously it’s a day game, and you know it’s quite hot as well. So we’re thinking of putting up a good total first and then trying to defend it. (Do you think it will get quite slow later on?) Yes, from the looks of it, it seems like it will slow down a bit later, and the bowlers might get some help as well. So we want to post a good total first and give the bowlers a chance to make use of any assistance from the wicket. We want to focus on ourselves.

Every team we are playing is playing good cricket. We have also been playing good cricket, but the thing is that in crucial moments, I think we are not winning those moments in the game. We are making silly mistakes, and if we correct those, I think we will be back on track. If consistency comes in, and if we fix the small mistakes we are making in the field or in taking decisions at crucial times, then I think we will be on the winning side most of the time. We are playing the same team.

Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

KL Rahul(w), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Nitish Rana, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar