IPL's Unwanted Records: The Marks Set to Fall in IPL 2027

On 24 May 2026, against Rajasthan Royals, Rohit Sharma was dismissed for nought for the 19th time in his IPL career. That duck drew him level with Glenn Maxwell at the top of the most unwanted list in the league's history, and because Maxwell did not play in IPL 2026, the next time Rohit fails to score he will hold the record on his own. No one celebrates a record like that, but it says something about him: you only collect 19 ducks if franchises keep picking you for 276 innings across all 19 editions since 2008.

This is the other ledger of the IPL, the one written in sixes conceded, wides sprayed and spells that went for 50. We went through all 1,243 matches in Cricsheet's ball-by-ball record from 2008 to the end of IPL 2026 to find which of these marks are about to change hands in IPL 2027, and why the players chasing them are, almost without exception, among the best the league has produced.

The records nobody chases

The IPL record books like their milestones: Virat Kohli's runs, Chris Gayle's 175*, the 263s and 287s. The unwanted records are better guides to who has actually lasted. A bowler concedes 271 sixes only if captains have thrown him the ball in 184 innings, often in the overs where batters are trying hardest to hit him. A batter makes 19 ducks only if he has spent nearly two decades opening the innings, where the first ball carries the most risk. Every one of these numbers measures risk taken over a long career.

The duck race: Rohit, Maxwell and Narine

Rohit's 19 ducks have come at a steady pace. He has been out for nought at least once in every season from 2023 to 2026, twice in 2023 alone, and that matches the role he took on as Mumbai Indians' powerplay opener: go hard from ball one and accept the occasional zero. Maxwell's 19 came in only 134 innings, a duck every seven times he batted, which is the purest expression of a career built on all-or-nothing hitting. Dinesh Karthik finished his IPL career in 2024 with 18.

The player most likely to make this a three-way story is Sunil Narine. He is also on 18, in just 124 innings, and he made a duck in each of 2024, 2025 and 2026 (the most recent against Gujarat Titans on 17 April 2026). Narine had three ducks in each of 2021, 2022 and 2023, the seasons in which Kolkata Knight Riders used him most freely as a pinch-hitting opener. One more draws him level with Rohit and Maxwell; two takes him to 20, which would be the new record if Rohit gets through IPL 2027 without a zero.

Golden ducks: Rashid Khan's surprising mark

The golden duck, out first ball, belongs to a bowler. Rashid Khan has 12 of them, two more than Maxwell's 10. Rashid has batted in only 72 IPL innings, almost always in the final overs with a licence to swing, and a sixth of those innings ended on the first ball he faced. Narine, Kohli and Ishan Kishan are tied on eight. Kishan made two ducks in 2026 while scoring 602 runs, his best IPL season, which is the risk an aggressive opener accepts.

Times dismissed: a record of longevity

Rohit has also been dismissed more times than anyone in IPL history: 246, against Kohli's 231. Behind them are four players who no longer feature: Shikhar Dhawan (193), Karthik (184), Robin Uthappa (180) and then Ajinkya Rahane on 178. Rahane, who captained KKR in 2026, made two ducks that season and is on 15 for his career. Kohli would need to be dismissed 16 more times than Rohit to overtake him, which will not happen while both are still opening.

The bowlers' ledger: sixes, runs and wides

Chahal and the road to 300 sixes conceded

Yuzvendra Chahal has conceded 271 sixes in the IPL, the most by any bowler and 35 clear of Ravindra Jadeja on 236. He has given up 21 or more in four of the last five seasons: 27 in 2022, 30 in 2024, 26 in 2025 and 21 in 2026 for Punjab Kings. Twenty-nine more in 2027 would make him the first bowler to concede 300 IPL sixes. That is a leg-spinner's trade: Chahal is also one of the league's leading wicket-takers, and the wickets and the sixes come from the same bravery, tossing the ball up to batters who are trying to clear the rope.

The chase behind him is more open. Jadeja, who moved to Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2026, conceded 13 that season and has already passed Piyush Chawla (222, last played 2024) and R Ashwin (221, last played 2025). Narine sits on 206 after 18 in 2026. Rashid is on 195 and is now conceding sixes at a pace no one has matched before: 33 in 2025 and 36 in 2026. If he concedes 28 in 2027 he will pass Chawla; at his 2026 rate he would also pass Ashwin and finish the season ahead of Narine, in third on the all-time list behind Chahal and Jadeja.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and 6,000 runs conceded

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has conceded 5,913 runs in the IPL, the most in the league's history, across 16 seasons. He gave away 501 in 2026 for the champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the fourth season in a row in which he passed 380. Eighty-seven more runs, perhaps three or four matches' worth, and he becomes the first bowler to concede 6,000 IPL runs. Ashwin (5,652) has stopped playing. Jadeja (5,465), Chahal (5,417) and Narine (5,261) are still active, but each is more than 400 behind, so Bhuvneshwar's lead is safe for some time.

The context matters. Bhuvneshwar has bowled 4,600 legal deliveries in the IPL, most of them in the powerplay and at the death, where runs come fastest. A bowler who concedes 6,000 runs is one whom every captain since 2011 has trusted with the hardest overs.

The wides record: Bravo's 167 under siege

Dwayne Bravo bowled 167 wides in the IPL, the most by anyone, before his last match in 2022. Two active quicks are closing in. Bhuvneshwar is on 156 after 12 in 2026. Mohammed Siraj is on 154 after 14 in 2026, 25 in 2025 and 26 in 2024. At his recent rate Siraj will pass Bravo during IPL 2027, and Bhuvneshwar could get there first if he plays a full season. Shardul Thakur (140), Arshdeep Singh (129) and Harshal Patel (127) are the next generation. Note that these figures count the number of wide deliveries, not the runs from them.

No-balls: Bumrah's lonely record

One of the more surprising numbers in IPL history belongs to its most admired fast bowler. Jasprit Bumrah has bowled 39 no-balls, 15 more than anyone else; Umesh Yadav is next with 24, and Ishant Sharma and S Sreesanth have 23 each. Bumrah bowled seven in 2026, as many as in any IPL season of his career. This record is not under threat from anyone else. It is Bumrah's to extend each year: a bowler who lives on the crease line at full pace will overstep sometimes, and the free hit that follows is the price Mumbai have always been willing to pay.

Data deep-dive

The career unwanted records after IPL 2026

All figures are IPL only, from 2008 to the end of IPL 2026, excluding Super Overs. An asterisk marks a player who appeared in IPL 2026.

The duck table in full

The innings-per-duck column explains the rankings. Rohit's rate of one duck every 14.5 innings is actually among the better figures for a long-serving opener; he leads because he has batted more often than almost anyone. Narine and Rashid get there much faster because their job is to swing from the first ball.

IPL 2026 rewrote the single-season marks

The career records move slowly, but the single-season unwanted records were broken in 2026, a reflection of a season in which scoring rates reached new highs.

Rabada bowled 388 legal deliveries for Gujarat Titans in 2026, conceding at 9.68 an over, and he did it while Gujarat reached the final. Three of the four most-sixes-conceded seasons in IPL history happened in 2026, and the fourth was in 2025. The career lists above are therefore likely to change faster from now on.

Legacy impact: what this means for IPL 2027

The unwanted records explain the modern IPL better than the celebrated ones. The 2026 season pushed scoring to a level at which a bowler with a good season can still concede 600 runs and 40 sixes. Since the Impact Player rule arrived in 2023, every side has bowled at a deeper batting line-up, which means the sixes-conceded and runs-conceded columns will grow faster than in any previous era. Bhuvneshwar's 6,000 and Chahal's 300 are not signs of decline. They are the results of long careers spent bowling the hardest overs in the hardest batting era the game has known.

For batters the shift works the other way. An opener today is expected to attack from the first ball, and Rohit, Narine and Kishan have all accepted the ducks that come with it. Rohit's record, when it comes, will be a reminder that in 2026 the safest way to bat in the powerplay was not to bat safely.

That is also why we treat these numbers as signals rather than embarrassments. CricMind's Oracle does not reward a bowler for avoiding runs; it rates sides on what their attacks concede against what their batters score in each phase, using the same ball-by-ball history behind this piece. When the IPL 2027 calls are locked, the IPL 2027 forecast will show which attacks the model trusts to contain a batting era in which 600 runs in a season can still mean a good season.

For the milestones fans actually want to see, read our guide to the career milestones within reach in IPL 2027. For the full history of these marks, see most ducks in IPL history and the extras, wides and no-balls record book.

Three takeaways

• Rohit Sharma's next duck makes him the IPL's sole record holder. He is tied with Glenn Maxwell on 19, Maxwell did not play in 2026, and Sunil Narine is one behind on 18.
• Two career bowling marks are likely to fall in IPL 2027. Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs 87 runs to become the first bowler to concede 6,000, and Mohammed Siraj and Bhuvneshwar both need about a season's worth of wides to pass Dwayne Bravo's 167.
• The single-season marks were reset in 2026. Kagiso Rabada's 40 sixes and 626 runs conceded are records, and three of the four most-sixes-conceded seasons came in the same year.

FAQ

Who has the most ducks in IPL history?

Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell share the record with 19 ducks each, counting every IPL season from 2008 to 2026. Rohit made his 19th against Rajasthan Royals on 24 May 2026. Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik are next on 18.

Which bowler has conceded the most sixes in the IPL?

Yuzvendra Chahal has conceded 271 sixes, the most in IPL history, followed by Ravindra Jadeja (236), Piyush Chawla (222) and R Ashwin (221). Chahal needs 29 more to become the first bowler to concede 300.

Who has conceded the most runs in IPL history?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has conceded 5,913 runs, the most by any bowler. He needs 87 more to become the first to concede 6,000 IPL runs, and he conceded 501 in IPL 2026 alone.

Who has bowled the most wides in the IPL?

Dwayne Bravo holds the record with 167 wide deliveries. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (156) and Mohammed Siraj (154) are the closest active bowlers, and both could pass him in IPL 2027.

Who has bowled the most no-balls in IPL history?

Jasprit Bumrah has bowled 39 no-balls, 15 more than Umesh Yadav in second place on 24. Bumrah bowled seven in IPL 2026.

What is the record for most sixes conceded in a single IPL season?

Kagiso Rabada conceded 40 sixes for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026, the most in a season. He also conceded 626 runs that season, another single-season record. Rashid Khan's 36 in the same season is second.

Who has the most golden ducks in the IPL?

Rashid Khan has been dismissed first ball 12 times in the IPL, more than anyone else. Glenn Maxwell has 10, and Sunil Narine, Virat Kohli and Ishan Kishan have eight each.

Figures are compiled from Cricsheet's ball-by-ball record of 1,243 IPL matches, 2008 to 2026, excluding Super Overs.