Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Umran Malik clocks 150kmph to bowl fastest ball from an Indian in IPL 2021

The
21-year-old
quick
from
Jammu
and
Kashmir
made
his
IPL
debut
in
match
49
of
IPL
2021
for
Sunrisers
Hyderabad.
The
right-arm
seamer
bowled
with
a
searing
pace
in
the
first
over
of
his
IPL
career.

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After
clocking
150
kmph
on
the
third
delivery
of
his
first
over,
Malik
bowled
the
fastest
ball
by
an
Indian
in
IPL
2021.
Malik’s
opening
over
in
IPL
recorded
speeds
of
145
kmph,
142
kmph,
150
kmph,
147
kmph,
143
kmph,
142
kmph.

Have
a
look
at
the
fastest
deliveries
bowled
by
Indian
pacers
this
IPL
season:

Umran
Malik
(SRH)
–
150.06kmph

Mohammed
Siraj
(Royal
Challengers
Bangalore)
–
147.68kmph

Mohammed
Siraj
(RCB)
–
147.67kmph

Khaleel
Ahmed
(Sunrisers
Hyderabad)
–
147.38kmph

Umran
Malik
(SRH)
–
146.84kmph

With
his
150.06
kmph
speed,
he
became
the
third-fastest
bowler
of
the
IPL
2021
season
after
Lockie
Ferguson
(KKR)
152.75,
Anrich
Nortje
(DC)
151.71
to
clock
in
excess
of
150-plus.

The
youngster
was
brought
by
the
franchise
as
a
short-term
COVID-19
replacement
to
left-arm
pacer
T
Natarajan.
Natarajan
had
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
just
hours
before
the
team’s
fixture
against
Delhi
Capitals
on
September
22,
sending
six
other
close
contacts
including
all-rounder
Vijay
Shankar
into
isolation.

Malik
was
with
the
Sunrisers
as
a
net
bowler
and
was
added
to
the
squad.
With
the
team
already
out
of
the
IPL
playoffs
race,
SRH
blooded
in
the
youngster
in
its
13th
league
game
of
the
season.

Earlier
in
the
day,
Kolkata
Knight
Riders
produced
a
clinical
bowling
effort
to
restrict
Sunrisers
Hyderabad
to
a
below-par
115
for
eight.
SRH
skipper
Kane
Williamson’s
decision
to
bat
first
backfired
as
they
lost
wickets
at
regular
intervals,
failing
to
counter
KKR’s
incisive
bowling,
especially
of
Tim
Southee
and
the
spin
duo
of
Varun
Chakravarthy
and
Sunil
Narine.