Anshul Kamboj endured a tough game against Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on Friday to register one of the costliest spells by a Chennai Super Kings bowler in IPL history.Kamboj gave away 63 runs in just 2.4 overs during the seven-wicket defeat of CSK. It is now the second most expensive spell by a CSK bowler in the IPL.Most runs conceded by a CSK bowler in an IPL innings:
- 0/65 (3) – Khaleel Ahmed vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2025
- 0/63 (2.4) – Anshul Kamboj vs LSG, Lucknow, 2026
- 0/62 (4) – Lungi Ngidi vs MI, Delhi, 2021
- 2/61 (4) – Shardul Thakur vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024
- 0/60 (4) – Simarjeet Singh vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2024
Kamboj also became only the second bowler in IPL history to concede more than 60 runs in a match and bowl three or fewer overs. The only other bowler on the list is Khaleel Ahmed, who returned figures of 0/65 against RCB in Bengaluru in 2025. Kamboj is the first bowler to be hit with four sixes in more than two IPL games.The CSK stimulator was dismantled by LSG shots during the chase. Of the 16 balls he bowled, 11 were either fours or sixes. That means 68.75 percent of his deliveries ended up in bounds. Kamboj ended up hitting eight sixes in an innings, equaling the IPL record for most sixes by a bowler in a single innings alongside Yash Dayal against KKR in Ahmedabad in 2023. Among all IPL spells with at least two overs, only Washington Sundar had a worse boundary percentage. Sundar conceded 10 boundaries in 12 balls during his spell of 1/46 in two overs against DC in 2024, with 83.33 per cent of his deliveries going over the boundary.Kamboj’s toughest moment came in the 17th round when Nicholas Pooran smashed four consecutive sixes to complete the chase on LSG.
