Sunrisers Hyderabad express quick Umran Malik clocked the fastest ball of IPL 2022 on Thursday evening, sending down a thunderbolt at 156.9 kph against Delhi Capitals in his side’s 21-run loss. It was, unsurprisingly, one of the fastest deliveries in the tournament’s history: Malik’s ball was nearly 0.7 kph faster than Anrich Nortje’s 156.22 kph delivery in 2020, which was logged by the IPL as the quickest delivery between 2012 and 2020. However, the well-set Rovman Powell, staying deep in the crease, brandished a boundary off it past cover.
@umran_malik_1 🔥#UmranMalik #157kph 157 Kph pic.twitter.com/z0pkl7Gf1k
— Amit Behal 🍥 (@amitbehalll) May 6, 2022
