New Delhi: The second test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy is being played between India and Australia from 6 December. In the first test played in Perth, the Indian team won by a huge margin of 295 runs. Now both the teams are face to face in the Pink Ball Test at Adelaide Oval. During the first innings of this match, while the Indian batsmen remained silent, Australian bowler Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc. While the Indian bowlers kept yearning for wickets. But Mohammad Siraj became a topic of discussion on social media due to one of his balls.
Did Siraj bowl the fastest ball in cricket history?
In the second innings of the Adelaide Test, Indian bowlers were seen struggling for wickets. Jasprit Bumrah got the only wicket. While the column of wickets of Harshit Rana and Mohammad Siraj is empty. However, Siraj heated up the discussions through one of his balls. In a viral video, you can see that Siraj bowled a ball at a speed of 181.6 kilometers per hour. This incident happened during Siraj’s 10th and Australia’s 25th over of the innings.
Malfunction in the speed gun:
Till date, no bowler in the history of cricket has been able to bowl at a speed of even 162 kmph. Bowling at a speed of 181.6 kmph is a far-fetched idea. During this delivery of Siraj, the speed gun must have malfunctioned due to which the speed of the ball was shown incorrectly. Malfunction in the speed gun in a cricket match is not a new thing.
WATCH VIDEO BELOW:
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Shoaib Akhtar holds the record of bowling the fastest ball:
The record of bowling the fastest ball in world cricket is registered in the name of former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Akhtar had instilled fear in every batsman with his sharp bowling in his time. He bowled the ball at the speed of 161.3 kilometers per hour while playing against England during the 2003 ODI World Cup. His record has been unbroken for 21 years. It is worth noting that in the same over, Akhtar had also bowled at the speed of 153.3, 158.4, 158.5, 157.4 and 159.5 kilometers per hour. The batsman in front was Nick Knight. Akhtar had bowled this over maiden.
