Rohit Sharma concluded his Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign on a dismal note as he was dismissed for a four-ball duck in his final appearance of the season for Mumbai Indians (MI). The former skipper fell in the very first over of Mumbai's daunting 206-run chase against the Rajasthan Royals during Sunday afternoon's clash at the Wankhede Stadium.
Rohit Sharma becomes IPL's duck master
The breakthrough came courtesy of pacer Jofra Archer, who bowled a full-length delivery outside off-stump that swung away late. Tempted into a tentative push away from his body, Rohit got a thick edge, allowing wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel to react quickly to his right and cleanly take the catch behind the stumps.
With this early exit, Rohit equaled Glenn Maxwell's record for the most ducks in the history of the IPL. The veteran opener now has 19 scoreless dismissals to his name in the tournament, moving just ahead of Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik, who both sit tied at 18.
Most ducks in IPL history:
| Batter | No. of Ducks |
|---|---|
| Glenn Maxwell | 19 |
| Rohit Sharma | 19 |
| Sunil Narine | 18 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 18 |
| Rashid Khan | 16 |
| Piyush Chawla | 16 |
| Mandeep Singh | 15 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 15 |
Earlier in the match, Jofra Archer and Ravindra Jadeja provided late fireworks to power the Rajasthan Royals (RR) to a competitive, yet arguably under-par, total of 205/8 on a flat batting surface. Archer blasted a quickfire 32 runs off just 15 balls, while Jadeja anchored the back end with an unbeaten 19 off 11 deliveries. Together, their late-innings onslaught helped RR plunder 73 runs from the final five overs, rescuing the team after the specialist batters struggled to build momentum.
The top-order fightback got off to a shaky start as cheap dismissals put the team under early pressure. The initial spotlight was on young Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who fell for 4, and his opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal looked dangerous early on, smashing two sixes off Deepak Chahar and another off Will Jacks for a brisk 27, but his promising knock was cut short when he mistimed a shot and succumbed to a leading edge.
Following the openers' exits, skipper Riyan Parag was unable to convert his start into a major score, leaving Dhruv Jurel to once again steady the ship with a composed 38 off 26 balls. Dasun Shanaka provided a brief injection of pace to the innings with a rapid 29 off 15 deliveries, but his stay at the crease was prematurely ended by a costly mix-up. Despite Jurel’s stabilization efforts, the middle order struggled to maintain the run rate until Corbin Bosch's final yorkers wrapped up the innings, setting up the late-order heroics from Archer and Jadeja.