Kamal Ghorui
Arshdeep Singh had an off day with the ball as Punjab Kings took on Gujarat Titans on Tuesday in New Chandigarh, with the left-arm pacer delivering an 11-ball over — the joint-longest in Indian Premier League (IPL) history.Arshdeep’s final over of the innings included four wides and a no ball, conceding 12 runs. He finished with figures of 0 for 42 in his four overs.He now joins Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande and Mohammed Siraj in the list of bowlers who have bowled 11-ball overs in the IPL.Longest over bowled in the IPL (in balls)
- 11 – Mohd. Siraj vs MI, Bengaluru, 2023 (Over #19)
- 11 – Tushar Deshpande vs LSG, Chennai, 2023 (Over #4)
- 11 – Shardul Thakur vs KKR, Kolkata, 2025 (Over #13)
- 11 – Sandeep Sharma vs DC, Delhi, 2025 (Over #20)
- 11 – Hardik Pandya vs GT, Wankhede, 2025 (Over #8)
- 11 – Arshdeep Singh vs GT, Mullanpur, 2026 (Over #20)*
Despite that, Punjab Kings managed to restrict Gujarat Titans to 162 for six in 20 overs, with Vijaykumar Vyshak taking three wickets for 34 runs and Yuzvendra Chahal finishing with two for 28.Chahal played a key role in slowing things down in the middle overs. Gujarat Titans had a steady start after being put in to bat, reaching 35 in three overs.Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler were the main contributors, scoring 39 off 27 balls and 38 off 33 balls respectively.Gill started well but was dismissed after Marco Jansen was brought into the attack. Jansen got Sai Sudharsan (13) to hit one to mid-off, where Shreyas Iyer took the catch.Gujarat Titans were 54 for one at the end of the powerplay.Chahal came on in the eighth over and dismissed Gill, who was caught at deep midwicket after trying to clear the boundary.Later, Glenn Phillips hit Chahal for a six over long-on, and Buttler also cleared the ropes against Xavier Bartlett.Punjab Kings then pulled things back to keep Gujarat Titans to 162 for six.
