New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals Fast bowler Jofra Archer Sawai looked angry and visibly frustrated after bowling the opening over against Gujarat Titans during the IPL 2026 clash at the Mansingh Stadium.Archer began a nightmare by conceding 18 runs in the opening over of 11 balls – one of the joint longest overs in IPL history. Struggling badly with his line and length, the England fast bowler sprayed wide and bowled a no-ball as the Gujarat Titans openers made the most of a poor start.
His chaos read: 4, Wd, 0, Nb+1, Wd5, Wd, Wd, 0, 1, 2, 1.After finally completing the over, Archer walked towards the boundary ropes looking red-faced and visibly annoyed. The pacer looked frustrated by some failed fielding attempts by his teammates during the over, his emotions clearly visible on the field.The dramatic scenes also provoked the head coach of Rajasthan Royals Kumar Sangakkara Approaching the boundary ropes and calming down Archer before play resumes.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. Shabman Gul The flick misses 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.Skipper Shibman Gill and Sai Sudharsan led the way with half-centuries before a late firework from Washington Sundar took Gujarat Titans to 229/4 against Rajasthan Royals.
