Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch & New Delhi Weather Prediction For DC Vs MI IPL 2026 Match

Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) face off in match number eight of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (April 4).

It will be the first game of the 19th season of the IPL at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

The last IPL match at the ground was Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) hosting Kolkata Knight Riders

(KKR) as SRH outclassed KKR by 110 runs after smashing 278 runs.

The Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, formerly known as Feroz Shah Kotla, is one of the key venues in the Indian Premier League. Since hosting its first IPL match in 2008, it has staged a total of 97 games. The results have been fairly balanced, with teams batting second winning slightly more matches (49) than those batting first (47). Likewise,

winning the toss has not had a significant impact, as teams have enjoyed almost equal success regardless of the toss outcome.

The highest individual score at this ground is 128, achieved by both Chris Gayle and Rishabh Pant. The best bowling figures belong to Lasith Malinga, who took 5 wickets for 13 runs. The highest team total recorded at the ground is a massive 278/3 by Sunrisers Hyderabad, while the lowest is just 66 by Delhi Capitals.

On average, teams score around 170 runs when batting first, with a scoring rate of about 8.6 runs per over.

Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Prediction

The last game at the ground was the Super eight clash of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 between Zimbabwe and South Africa, as the latter easily won a low-scoring encounter.

Overall, the ground is known for high-scoring matches and thrilling contests, and another run-fest can be on the cards in the first match of the season’s first double-header.

New Delhi Weather Prediction

The afternoon and early evening will be mostly cloudy and comfortable. At 2:30 PM, the temperature will be around 29°C with cloudy skies and a very slight 4% chance of rain. By 3:30 PM, the temperature will remain the same, while the chance of rain may increase slightly to 24%. At 4:30 PM, it will stay cloudy, with the temperature dipping slightly to 28°C.

As the evening begins at 5:30 PM, conditions will be mostly cloudy with the temperature steady at 28°C. By 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM, it will become a bit cooler at around 26°C, with skies remaining mostly cloudy. The chance of rain will stay low throughout this period, and light winds will continue to blow from the west and northwest.