Fast bowler Mohsin Khan entered his name in the record books on Sunday, April 26, by becoming the first bowler to bowl three maiden overs in an IPL season for Lucknow Super Giants. The 27-year-old left-arm medium pacer bowled the second over for LSG in their IPL 2026 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow and didn’t concede even one more run. The maiden by Mohsin against KKR is his third maiden over in this year’s IPL. He previously bowled one maiden over each for LSG in their IPL 2026 matches against Delhi Capitals on April 1 and vs Rajasthan Royals (on April 22).
Mohsin is the only bowler to bowl more than one maiden over in the 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League.
Maiden overs by Mohsin Khan in IPL 2026
| OVER NUMBER | OPPOSITION BATTER(S) | OPPOSITION TEAM | VENUE | DATE |
| 4 | Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi | Delhi Capitals | Lucknow | April 1 |
| 4 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | Lucknow | April 22 |
| 2 | Ajinkya Rahane, Tim Seifert | Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow | April 26 |
The record
of bowling most maiden overs in an IPL season is held by former Indian pacer Praveen Kumar. In the 2011 edition of IPL, Praveen bowled 5 maiden overs in 13 matches for Punjab Kings (formerly Kings XI Punjab).
Most maiden overs in a IPL season
| BOWLER | TEAM | MATCHES | MAIDEN OVERS | SEASON |
| Praveen Kumar | Punjab Kings | 13 | 5 | 2011 |
| Ravi Rampaul | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 10 | 4 | 2013 |
| Sandeep Sharma | Punjab Kings | 14 | 4 | 2015 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | Gujarat Lions | 14 | 4 | 2016 |
| Manpreet Gony | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 3 | 2008 |
| Praveen Kumar | Punjab Kings | 15 | 3 | 2013 |
| Irfan Pathan | Delhi Capitals | 15 | 3 | 2013 |
| Dale Steyn | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 3 | 2013 |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 3 | 2015 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 3 | 2016 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | Rising Pune Supergiant | 12 | 3 | 2017 |
| Trent Boult | Mumbai Indians | 15 | 3 | 2021 |
| Trent Boult | Rajasthan Royals | 16 | 3 | 2022 |
| Prasidh Krishna | Rajasthan Royals | 17 | 3 | 2022 |
| Trent Boult | Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mohsin Khan | Lucknow Super Giants | 4* | 3 | 2026 |
A total of three bowlers – Ravi Rampaul, Sandeep Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni – have bowled four maiden overs each in the 2013, 2015 and 2016 editions of the IPL for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Lions, respectively.
Mohsin overall has bowled 5 maiden overs in 27 innings of 28 IPL matches for LSG. In the list of bowlers with the most maiden overs for LSG in the IPL, he is followed by Avesh Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Yash Thakur and Mark Wood. All five of them have bowled one maiden over each in the IPL for the Lucknow-based franchise.
The record of bowling most maiden overs in IPL history is joint-held by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Praveen Kumar. Both the fast bowlers from Uttar Pradesh have bowled 14 overs each in the IPL. They are followed by Trent Boult (11) and Irfan Pathan (10).
