New Delhi:Rajasthan Royals The star pacer didn’t get the start they expected. Jofra Archer As the speedster endured a nightmare first over against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026. Archer struggled badly with his line and rhythm, and bowled an 11-ball over – joining the unpopular list of bowlers with the longest overs in IPL history.Archer’s over tied the record for the joint longest over in the IPL with bowlers like Mohammad Siraj, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Sandeep Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Arsdeep Singh, all of whom bowled 11-ball overs in the first tournament.
Longest over (in balls) in IPL history
| Balls | Bowler | The opposition | location | The year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Muhammad Siraj | Mumbai Indians | Bengaluru | 2023 |
| 11 | Tushar Deshpande | Lucknow Supergiants | Chennai | 2023 |
| 11 | Shardul Thakur | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 2025 |
| 11 | Sandeep Sharma | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | 2025 |
| 11 | Hardik Pandya | Gujarat Titans | Wankhede | 2025 |
| 11 | Arsdeep Singh | Gujarat Titans | Milanpur | 2026 |
| 11 | Jofra Archer | Gujarat Titans | Jaipur | 2026* |
Archer conceded 18 runs in the opening over and looked far from his best. Here’s how the ball was unrolled by the dramatic overball:Ball 0.1: Archer opens with a short and wide delivery outside the off stump and Sai Sudharsan punishes him immediately, flicking the ball over point for a boundary to get off the mark in style.Ball 0.2: Archer bowled wide outside off. The delivery moves away quickly and Sai Sudharsan throws his bat at it but fails to make contact.Ball 0.2 (legal delivery): Archer then delivered a short-off length ball that went away from the batsman. Sai Sudharsan guided it towards backward point but could not score.Ball 0.3: Things got worse for Archer as he got ahead by a huge margin with a nine-ball. Sai Sudharsan drives a back-of-length delivery towards backward point, where Miley Fielding allows a single. Gujarat Titans also got a free hit.Ball 0.3 (Free Hit): Archer sprays the ball well down the leg side. Shubman Gill misses the flick and the ball runs to the boundary for five wides.Ball 0.3 Re: Archer followed it up with another wide down the leg side as he struggled with control.Ball 0.3 Re: Yet another wide followed, making it three wides in a row. The free-hit continued as the Rajasthan Royals dugout looked tense.Ball 0.3 (legal delivery): Archer finally got one right with a yorker. Gill tried to squeeze it but missed completely.Ball 0.4: Archer bowls it on middle and leg and Gayle flicks it through square leg for a single.Ball 0.5: Sai Sudharsan avoids a crucial edge trying to flick across the line. The ball cleared the cover fielder safely and the batsmen completed two runs. The third umpire briefly checked another no-ball, but Archer’s back foot was slightly behind the line.Ball 0.6: Archer ends the over with another misfield behind the stumps. Sai Sudharsan punched a length delivery towards cover for one, but an over throw at the keeper’s end allowed the Gujarat Titans to finish with 18 runs from the over. Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and decided to bowl against Gujarat Titans. Jaiswal was leading Rajasthan Royals after regular skipper Ryan Prag pulled a hamstring in RR’s previous match.GT made one change, replacing Manav Sothar with Prasidh Krishna while RR brought in Shimron Hetmire and Yash Rajpanja.Teams:Rajasthan Royals: Yashvi Jaiswal (c), Dhruv Jorrell (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasan Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Panja.Gujarat Titans: Shibman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wicket), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tiotia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj.
