Many records have been made in this IPL season, in which a new player has made the record of bowling the fastest ball in his name. The name of this new player is Ha Umran Malik. Let us tell you that Umran Malik plays for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team and he has become the fastest bowler in IPL 2022 in his second match.
In this IPL season, the fastest ball was bowled at the speed of 154kmph, which was bowled by Umran Malik in the match played against Chennai on 1 May.
Umran Malik surprised all the players by bowling the fastest ball because Umran Malik has started bowling such a fastball only in his second match.
Umran Malik came into the limelight by consistently throwing a ball above 150 and has made the record of bowling the fastest ball in IPL 2022 by bowling at a speed of 154 kmph. Let us tell you that Umran Malik is a resident of Srinagar i.e. Jammu and Kashmir. Only a few players from Jammu and Kashmir get selected for the IPL.
The record of bowling the fastest ball in IPL 2022 has broken the record of New Zealand player and currently the player of Gujarat Titans team Lockie Ferguson. Lockie Ferguson had bowled the fastest ball in IPL at 153.9 kmph but Malik broke his record too.
Malik got the title of throwing the fastest ball and was also given a reward of Rs 1 lakh along with it. Let us tell you that Malik has won the title of throwing the fastest ball 9 times this season.
Malik has played 9 IPL matches so far and has taken a total of 15 wickets. Malik is at number three in the Purple Cap race.