Chennai Super Kings played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 1st May. The match was scheduled for 7:30 pm at MCA stadium in Pune.
There were plenty of key highlights from the match, from Dhoni’s return to captaincy to CSK’s win. But another significant incident happened on the field Umran Malik delivered the fastest ball of this season’s IPL, that too twice!
This SRH fast bowler took the record of speediest delivery from Lockie Ferguson. He is currently at first, third, fourth, and fifth position in the rankings for fastest bowlers this season. The first fastball he bowled was to Ruturaj Gaikwad on the 10th over of the inning. Malik threw at the speed of 154 km per hour, the fastest ball this season. The second time the 22-year-old bowler threw was to MS Dhoni on the 19th over. The ball traveled again at the speed of 154 km per hour.