Akash Singh’s unique celebration. (Photo- PTI)
Akash Singh Special Celebration: In the 59th match of IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Akash Singh caught everyone’s attention with his brilliant performance against Chennai Super Kings. This season, he got a chance in the playing-11 for the first time and he made it memorable. Captain Rishabh Pant expressed full confidence in Akash Singh in the powerplay itself and made him bowl 3 consecutive overs. Akash Singh completely lived up to this trust. He took 2 wickets by spending only 16 runs in 3 overs.
Akash Singh’s unique celebration
Akash Singh made a good start by giving just 7 runs in his first over. Then in the second over, he got his first wicket of the season by dismissing Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. As soon as he took the wicket, he celebrated in a unique way. Akash Singh took out a slip from his pocket on which it was written, ‘Akki is on fire, Akash knows how to take wickets in T20 matches.’ After this, he achieved second success by sending Sanju Samson to the pavilion in the third over. During this time also he celebrated by taking out slips.
#AkashSingh brings the heat & #CSK‘s openers are back in the dugout! 🔥
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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) May 15, 2026
Shastri’s prediction was wrong
With this performance, Akash Singh also made commentator Ravi Shastri’s prediction wrong. Actually, Shastri had written on a slip at the beginning of the match that Chennai Super Kings would lose only one wicket in the powerplay. But Akash Singh created a stir in the commentary box by taking two wickets. Shastri said during the commentary, ‘Akash Singh came and messed everything up.’
bowled 4 consecutive overs
Akash Singh did not stop even after the powerplay and bowled the fourth consecutive over. In this over, he also showed Urvil Patel the way to the pavilion. That means he took a total of 3 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs, which is also the best spell of his IPL career. Let us tell you, Akash Singh’s IPL career started in the year 2021. He made his debut playing for Rajasthan. After this, in 2023, he took 5 wickets in 6 matches for Chennai. Then in 2025, Lucknow gave him a chance, last season also he took 4 wickets in 3 matches.
