IPL 2026 Arshdeep Singh: Arshdeep Singh is considered one of the best bowlers in T20 cricket but he performed very poorly in his very first match in IPL 2026. On one hand, other bowlers of Punjab bowled economically, on the other hand, Arshdeep Singh broke all bowling discipline and gave away 42 runs in 4 overs. This run is not much but this player bowled 8 wides and one no ball in his spell. The surprising thing is that Arshdeep Singh bowled four wides and one no ball in the last over itself.
Arshdeep lost his rhythm
Arshdeep Singh is considered to be the best death overs bowler but in the last over against Gujarat, he completely deviated from the line-length. This player bowled 11 balls to complete the last over. Arshdeep bowled the first ball of this over wide. It took four balls for Arshdeep Singh to complete his fourth ball. He bowled 3 wides and one no ball. After this, even before completing the sixth ball, he bowled a wide. Arshdeep Singh was not able to control the ball and did not get a single wicket in the match.
Arshdeep’s name came in the shameful list
Arshdeep Singh has made a shameful record in his name by bowling 11 balls in this over. He is the first left arm pacer who has bowled the most number of overs in the IPL. However, five more bowlers have bowled overs of 11 balls in the IPL. These include the names of Mohammad Siraj, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Sandeep Sharma, Hardik Pandya.
Punjab tightened its grip
Well, Arshdeep Singh was expensive but Punjab tightened the screws on Gujarat’s batting. Even though this team gave away 54 runs in the first 6 overs, it caught the Gujarat batsmen in the middle overs and death overs. In the middle phase, between 7 and 15 overs, Gujarat team could score only 74 runs at a run rate of 8.2. Between 16th and 20th over, Gujarat team could score only 34 runs and its run rate was 6.8 runs per over.