Mohammed Shami First Ball Wicket: In the 5th match of IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants set a target of 142 runs for Delhi Capitals. While defending the target, Mohammed Shami gave a strong start to the team. Mohammed Shami, making his debut for Lucknow, took a wicket on the very first ball.

Mohammed Shami made KL Rahul his victim. He was out on a golden duck. This wicket was very special for Mohammed Shami.

Big feat of Mohammed Shami

This was not the first time that Mohammed Shami took a wicket on the first ball of the match. This is his 5th such opportunity in IPL. Even before this, he has dismissed the batsman many times on the opening ball of the innings. The special thing is that Shami has dismissed KL Rahul for the second time on the first ball of the innings. Mohammed Shami has now become the first bowler in the history of IPL to take 5 wickets on the first ball of the innings.

Apart from him, no other bowler in this list has been able to achieve this feat more than 3 times. Apart from this, Shami has taken a wicket in the first over of the innings for the 11th time in IPL, which is a great achievement.

Bowler taking most wickets on first ball in IPL

• 5 wickets Mohammed Shami
• 3 wickets Trent Boult
• 3 wickets Umesh Yadav
• 3 wickets Lasith Malinga
• 3 wickets Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• 3 wickets Praveen Kumar
• 3 wickets Ashok Dinda
• 3 wickets Pat Cummins

These figures clearly show that Shami is at a completely different level in this special list.

Due to his swing and precise line-length, it often becomes difficult for the opposing team to start. This time too, he gave a strong start to Lucknow Super Giants by taking a wicket on the very first ball. This record of his shows how he creates pressure in big matches.

Strong start by Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami was successful in putting pressure on Delhi's batsmen in this match. He spent only 20 runs in his first 3 overs and took 1 wicket. During this, Shami bowled 11 dot balls, that is, Delhi's batsmen were seen struggling to score runs against him, due to which Delhi lost 4 big wickets in the power play itself and could score only 33 runs.