New Delhi, April 1 -- Match 5 of IPL 2026 sees Lucknow Super Giants host Delhi Capitals at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The match takes place on Wednesday, 1 April, at 7:30 PM IST. This is the season opener for both sides. For both captains, the pressure could not be higher.

Rishabh Pant arrives having missed the playoffs in 2025. He is the most expensive player in IPL auction history at Rs.27 crore. Axar Patel, now DC's permanent captain, leads a revamped side that finished just one point outside the top four last season.

The match is also loaded with personal subplots: Pant returns against the franchise he captained while KL Rahul faces his former employers across the 22 yards.

The matc...