LSG vs CSK: Who is Akash Maharaj Singh? In front of whom CSK’s stalwarts failed, crowd looted with slip celebration

By Samira Vishwas On May 16, 2026

Akash Maharaj Singh: In the 59th match of IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants’ young fast bowler Akash Maharaj Singh has caught everyone’s attention with his deadly bowling.

Akash Maharaj Singh: In the 59th match of IPL 2026, Lucknow Super Giants’ young fast bowler Akash Maharaj Singh has caught everyone’s attention with his deadly bowling. After the way Akash troubled their top order in the match against Chennai Super Kings, he is being discussed a lot on social media. Not only Akash’s bowling, but his slip celebration after taking the wicket is also being liked by the fans.

Who is Akash Maharaj Singh?

Akash Maharaj Singh, resident of Bharatpur, Rajasthan, was born on 26 April 2002. He is primarily a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He was inclined towards cricket since childhood and started showing his talent at an early age. Akash performed brilliantly while playing for Rajasthan in domestic cricket, after which he got a place in the Indian Under-19 team. He represented India in the Under-19 World Cup of 2020 and impressed everyone with his bowling.

Some interesting celebrations from Akash Singh after dismissing CSK’s top-3! 📜 pic.twitter.com/BreAX8AN11
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Deadly bowling against CSK

In the match played at Ekana Stadium, 24-year-old Akash bowled brilliantly and took 3 big wickets for just 26 runs in 4 overs. In this match, he first made Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad his target and dismissed him on a personal score of just 13 runs. As soon as Rituraj took the wicket, he took out the slip from his pocket and showed it to celebrate the wicket. His celebration caught everyone’s attention. After this he also dismissed Sanju Samson and Urvil Patel.

Akash has played for these teams in IPL

Akash has been a part of many different teams in IPL. He made his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022. Where in that only match he scored 40 runs and took 2 wickets. After this, he got a chance from CSK in the year 2023. Where he could not leave his mark. While playing for CSK this season, he took 6 wickets in 5 matches. After this, in the IPL 2025 auction, LSG bought him for Rs 30 lakh. This season he took 4 wickets in 3 matches for Lucknow. After this performance, Lucknow retained him for the current season.