Joffra Archer has written a new history in the Indian Premier League. He created a new record by bowling a maiden over in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Many bowlers have bowled maiden overs in the IPL before, but Archer has done something special. Archer is the first bowler in the history of IPL to bowl a maiden over to Nicholas Pooran.

Nicholas Pooran has been playing continuously in IPL since 2019, has faced more than 1400 balls and has more than 2300 runs in his name. But in the history till now, there was no bowler who had bowled a maiden over in front of Puran. But Archer of Rajasthan Royals has done this.

Joffra Archer made this record in the 32nd match of IPL 2026. Archer came to bowl in the fifth over of the innings. Nicholas Pooran is struggling with poor form and was seen struggling completely in front of Archer’s fast balls. This was the fourth maiden over of Archer’s IPL career. In terms of bowling the most number of maiden overs in the IPL, he has equaled famous bowlers like Rashid Khan and Mohammad Siraj.

21 crore Nicholas Pooran’s bad form continues

So far, IPL 2026 has been very bad for Nicholas Puran, who received a salary of Rs 21 crore from Lucknow Super Giants franchise in IPL. In the match against Rajasthan Royals, he scored 22 runs in 25 balls. So far he has been able to score only 73 runs in 7 innings. Puran’s form can be gauged from the fact that the 22 runs he scored against Rajasthan was his highest individual score this season.

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Most Maiden Overs in IPL: In recent years, some such figures have come to light, which prove that the time is not far when 300 runs will be scored in a single innings in the Indian Premier League. In most of the IPL matches, batsmen are seen creating havoc, but here there are such brave bowlers who know how to silence even the batsmen who bat explosively. Such strong bowlers have bowled many maiden overs in the IPL. See here the list of 7 bowlers who have bowled the most maiden overs so far in the history of the Indian Premier League.

2 Indians hold the record for highest number of maidens
The record for bowling the most number of maiden overs in the history of the Indian Premier League is in the name of India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has bowled 14 maiden overs so far. Most of the fast bowlers get beaten badly on the pitches made in IPL, but Bhuvneshwar’s talent is most unique.
At second place is India’s retired ‘King of Swing’ Praveen Kumar, he also bowled 14 maiden overs in his IPL career. Trent Boult is the first foreign bowler in IPL history to bowl 10 or more maiden overs. He has done this 11 times so far. At number four is India’s Irfan Pathan, who bowled 10 maiden overs. The interesting thing is that all the bowlers in the top-4 list have been providing sharp swing.

Jasprit Bumrah is also not behind
Jasprit Bumrah is also not far behind in terms of scoring the most number of maiden overs in IPL history. Dhawal Kulkarni is in fifth place, who has bowled 8 maiden overs. Jasprit Bumrah, Sri Lankan veteran bowler Lasith Malinga and Sandeep Sharma have also bowled 8 maiden overs in their respective IPL careers.

Most maiden overs in IPL
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 14
• Praveen Kumar – 14
• Trent Boult – 11
• Irfan Pathan – 10
• Dhawal Kulkarni – 8
• Jasprit Bumrah – 8
• Lasith Malinga – 8