Same mistake 19 times, Arshdeep Singh crossed the limit, worst record in IPL 2026

Arshdeep Singh’s performance has not been good this seasonImage Credit source: PTI

Ultimately, the winning streak of Punjab Kings also came to an end in IPL 2026. From the beginning of the season, Shreyas Iyer’s team was leading in 7 consecutive matches without any defeat. Punjab has suffered its first defeat this season and this feat was done by Rajasthan Royals, who also achieved a big target of 223 runs. This has again exposed the weakness of Punjab. This weakness is its bowling, especially the poor form of star fast bowler Arshdeep Singh is a matter of concern.

Arshdeep’s poor performance continues

Left arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has not been in full form since the beginning of this season. despite Although punjab kings Was getting continuous victory. The reason for this was the explosive batting of the team, which has been showing its strength in almost every match. Even against Rajasthan Royals, the batsmen did not disappoint but the fear of bowling flop which has been constantly haunting, came true this time.

Punjab could not defend the target of 223 runs against Rajasthan. In this, the team’s three fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson and Marco Johnson failed miserably. Especially Arshdeep failed miserably, in whose 4 overs Rajasthan looted 68 runs. But this is not the only match in which Arshdeep has been beaten, rather almost every match has been disappointing for him. Overall, he has been able to take only 8 wickets in 8 matches this season but despite this he is the highest wicket taker for the team.

Most wide in IPL 2026

But at the same time, how bad their economy is is disturbing. Arshdeep has given away runs with an expensive economy of 10.96. The explosive batting has contributed as much to their poor economy as the poor bowling of Arshdeep himself. Especially his problem of repeatedly deviating from the line is not getting resolved.

This season, Arshdeep is number-1 in terms of most wide balls. Arshdeep has bowled a maximum of 19 wide balls so far in the IPL 2026 season, which is the highest in this season. Now, if the performance of other fast bowlers of Punjab including Arshdeep does not improve, then it will be difficult for the team to win the title on the basis of batting alone.

Sumit Sundriyal

Presently I am working as Assistant News Editor (Sports) in TV9 Hindi (Sports 9). Reaching here started from 2009, when I took admission in Mass Media Honors Course (2009-12) at Jamia Millia Islamia. Then in 2013, he completed Post-Graduation Diploma in Hindi Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication. It was from here in 2013 that he entered professional journalism for the first time and first made a place in News 18 India TV channel. Before taking entry in digital journalism, he spent about 6 years in the TV industry, where he worked on the assignment desk. While at the assignment desk, gathering information is the most important task and it is the responsibility to check every aspect of that news and take it forward. Did the same thing while working at News 18 India. After this, the fascination with sports and sports news turned towards digital journalism and a new journey began. It started during IPL 2019, when Quint joined Hindi. After writing sports news with Quint for a year, he established a relationship with TV9 Hindi to achieve a new position in this work. For the last 3 years, I have been bringing every small, big, serious and funny sports news to you here and am constantly trying to present it in a better way.

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