Arshdeep Singh nearly bowled 6 overs in the Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) tournament opener against the Gujarat Titans (GT). Although the Indian Premier League (IPL) rules permit a bowler to deliver no more than 4 overs, there’s no stipulation to deliver extras.
Arshdeep Singh bowls 2 overs in 1
While the left-arm pacer bowled 4 legal overs, his final count reflected 33 deliveries. Arshdeep bowled 9 extra balls, 8 wides, and one no-ball. But the highlight point was his last over of the first innings. Arshdeep ran in to bowl 11 times.
He started wayward but found his line: wide, 0, 0, 4. The next sequence was rather poor: no ball, wide, wide + 1. Finally, he found his line again: 0, 1, wide, 0. But everyone nearly dozed off in the process. Even PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer, who’s usually pretty laid-back in the field, was annoyed.
The wait was extended even further by a review, which helped PBKS, as a wide was overturned into a dot ball. In the end, Arshdeep delivered the joint-longest over in IPL’s history. However, despite all this, Arshdeep conceded just 12 runs. In comparison, Sandeep Sharma was taken for 19 runs in his 11-run ball last year.
Longest over in IPL
| Bowler | Balls Bowled | Extras | Runs Conceded | Opposition | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings) | 11 | 4 wides, 1 no ball | 12 | Gujarat Titans | New Chandigarh | 2026 |
| Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants) | 11 | 5 wides | 13 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Eden Gardens | 2025 |
| Tushar Deshpande (Chennai Super Kings) | 11 | 3 wides, 2 no balls | 18 | Lucknow Super Giants | Chennai | 2023 |
| Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) | 11 | 5 wides | 16 | Mumbai Indians | Bengaluru | 2025 |
| Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) | 11 | 4 wides, 1 no ball | 18 | Gujarat Titans | Mumbai | 2025 |
| Sandeep Sharma (Rajasthan Royals) | 11 | 3 wides, 2 no balls | 19 | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | 2025 |
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