{"id":1218,"date":"2026-04-08T14:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:14:54","slug":"gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win","title":{"rendered":"Gill Returns as Gujarat Bat; DC Opt to Bowl Again Under Axar\u2019s Toss Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel won the toss for the third match in a row and, once again, opted to send Gujarat Titans into batting. Gujarat will play under a slightly altered look with Shubman Gill back from a neck sprain, while the hosts stick with their XI unchanged.<\/p>\n<h2>Pre-match decisions and context<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Axar Patel chose to bowl after winning the toss, putting Gujarat in to bat.<\/li>\n<li>Gill returns to the Titans\u2019 playing group, replacing Kumar Kushagra.<\/li>\n<li>Delhi\u2019s captain highlighted that rain in the build-up may have left moisture on the pitch, influencing the decision to use those conditions early.<\/li>\n<li>Axar resisted the common temptation to bat first, pointing to a recent trend: on pitch No. 5 across IPL 2025 and IPL 2026, three of the four games were won by the side batting first.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking about his return, Gill said his neck is \u201cmuch better now\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>With Gujarat\u2019s middle order under scrutiny after modest returns in their first two matches, the team has backed the same core group: Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia.<\/li>\n<li>Gill stressed the importance of building a finish, saying it comes down to \u201cone guy sticking till the end\u201d as Gujarat chase their first win and look to improve on last time, when they came \u201cpretty close\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Boundary dimensions could play a role in the contest. From the far end, the straight limits are longer at 68\u201369 metres, while the fine boundaries are shorter at 57\u201358 metres. The square sides are set at 63 metres each.<\/p>\n<h2>Playing XIs and impact options<\/h2>\n<h3>Gujarat Titans<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Shubman Gill (capt)<\/li>\n<li>2 B Sai Sudharsan<\/li>\n<li>3 Jos Buttler (wk)<\/li>\n<li>4 Washington Sundar<\/li>\n<li>5 Glenn Phillips<\/li>\n<li>6 Shahrukh Khan<\/li>\n<li>7 Rahul Tewatia<\/li>\n<li>8 Rashid Khan<\/li>\n<li>9 Kagiso Rabada<\/li>\n<li>10 Mohammed Siraj<\/li>\n<li>11 Ashok Sharma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Impact Sub options:<\/b> Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Anuj Rawat<\/p>\n<h3>Delhi Capitals<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 KL Rahul (wk)<\/li>\n<li>2 Pathum Nissanka<\/li>\n<li>3 Nitish Rana<\/li>\n<li>4 David Miller<\/li>\n<li>5 Tristan Stubbs<\/li>\n<li>6 Axar Patel (capt)<\/li>\n<li>7 Vipraj Nigam<\/li>\n<li>8 Kuldeep Yadav<\/li>\n<li>9 Lungi Ngidi<\/li>\n<li>10 T Natarajan<\/li>\n<li>11 Mukesh Kumar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Impact Sub options:<\/b> Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Auqib Nabi, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel won the toss for the third match in a row and, once again, opted to send Gujarat Titans into batting.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"IPL 2026: Gill Returns as Gujarat Bat vs DC After Toss Win","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Axar Patel wins the toss again as Gujarat Titans bat first with Shubman Gill returning\u2014DC\u2019s XI unchanged for the IPL 2026 clash.","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IPL 2026: Gill Returns as Gujarat Bat vs DC After Toss Win<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Axar Patel wins the toss again as Gujarat Titans bat first with Shubman Gill returning\u2014DC\u2019s XI unchanged for the IPL 2026 clash.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IPL 2026: Gill Returns as Gujarat Bat vs DC After Toss Win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Axar Patel wins the toss again as Gujarat Titans bat first with Shubman Gill returning\u2014DC\u2019s XI unchanged for the IPL 2026 clash.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"1Win India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T14:14:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/unchanged-opt-bowl-gill-kushagra-a02d.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1309\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"756\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arjun Patel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arjun Patel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/1win.za.com\\\/ipl\\\/gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/1win.za.com\\\/ipl\\\/gill-returns-as-gujarat-bat-dc-opt-to-bowl-again-under-axars-toss-win\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arjun Patel\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/1win.za.com\\\/ipl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9aac810730409fd3131f08f34023f33e\"},\"headline\":\"Gill Returns as Gujarat Bat; 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