Phil Salt vs Jofra Archer: The beginning of the 16th match of IPL 2026 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati was quite dramatic. On the very first ball of Royal Challengers Bangalore's innings, Joffra Archer performed brilliantly and dismissed Phil Salt, which proved to be a big blow for RCB. With this, a shameful record of IPL was also registered in the name of Phil Salt.

Phil Salt made a shameful record

Archer bowled the very first ball of the match, a dangerous bouncer on the middle stump, which rose rapidly. Salt could not understand this delivery and the ball hit near the handle of the bat and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel. It was a brutal delivery, on which Salt looked completely helpless. With this wicket, an unwanted record was registered in the name of Phil Salt. He has become the first batsman in the history of IPL to be dismissed thrice on the first ball of the match. Batsmen have been out many times on the first ball of the innings, but this has happened with very few batsmen on the first ball of the match.

Most dismissals on the first ball of the innings in IPL

• 4 times Parthiv Patel
• Dwayne Smith 3 times
• 3 times fill salt
• Prithvi Shaw 3 times
• KL Rahul 3 times

Archer's name included in special list

On the other hand, this achievement was also special for Joffra Archer. He repeated this feat for the third time in IPL by taking a wicket on the first ball of the innings. This deadly ball from Archer completely spoiled the start of RCB. The pressure on the team increased as soon as the opening pair broke. After this, he also took the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal in his second over.

Bowler taking most wickets on first ball

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