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Lucknow Super Giants’ Mohammed Shami Scripts Unique IPL Record with First-Ball Breakthrough
Mohammed Shami, Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2026: Chasing a target of 142, Delhi Capitals lost KL Rahul (0) on the very first ball of the innings. Mohammed Shami had him caught by Mohsin Khan.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fast bowler Mohammed Shami has created a big record. He has become the only bowler to take a wicket with the first ball of the Indian Premier League (IPL) innings five times. The next players to have achieved the feat three times each are Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Trent Boult, Lasith Malinga, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, and Pat Cummins.
In the match played on Wednesday at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, LSG lost the toss and chose to bat. However, the team was bowled out for 141 runs in 18.4 overs. Captain Rishabh Pant got out for 7 on the score of 19. Then, Mitchell Marsh shared a 29-run partnership for the second wicket with Aiden Markram.
Mitchell Marsh returned to the pavilion after scoring 35 runs in 28 balls, including 3 sixes and 2 fours. The team had lost 5 wickets at the score of 71. From there, Abdul Samad added 34 runs for the sixth wicket with Mukul Chaudhary, and 33 runs for the seventh wicket with Shahbaz Ahmed, to take the team to a respectable score.
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Abdul Samad was dismissed for 36 runs in 25 balls with 4 boundaries, while Shahbaz Ahmed remained unbeaten on 15. Mukul Chaudhary contributed 14 runs to the team's account. The team was all out for just 141 runs in 18.4 overs. Lungi Ngidi and T Natarajan took three wickets each. Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets, and Axar Patel took one.
Chasing a target of 142, Delhi Capitals lost KL Rahul (0) on the very first ball of the innings. Mohammed Shami had Rahul caught by Mohsin Khan. The team then lost four wickets for 26, but Sameer Rizvi, along with Tristan Stubbs, steadied the innings.
Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs shared a 119-run partnership for the fifth wicket in 76 balls, securing the victory with 17 balls to spare. Rizvi remained unbeaten on 70 off 47 balls, hitting four sixes and five fours, while Stubbs remained unbeaten on 39. For the opposition, Prince Yadav took 2 wickets for 20 runs, while Mohammed Shami and Mohsin Khan took 1 wicket each.
