IND vs NZ Live: Umran Malik vs Lockie Ferguson: IND vs NZ 2nd ODI – The battle between Umran Malik and Lockie Ferguson will resume in the second ODI in Hamilton on November 27. India’s pace sensation set the speedometer on fire by consistently clocking speeds of 145kmph. The 22-year-old eventually breached the 150kmph mark and bowled the fastest delivery, clocking 153.1kmph. Ferguson won the bragging rights by bowling 153.4Kmph in the first ODI in Auckland. Now the two speedsters will yet again face off to break the fastest bowl record set up by Shoaib Akhtar of 161.3Kmph in 2003. Follow IND vs NZ Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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IND vs NZ: Where the rivalry between Umran Malik and Lockie Ferguson started?
It was during the IPL 2022 season that the rivalry between Malik and Ferguson started. Playing for SRH, the speedster from Jammu & Kashmir clocked speeds in excess of 150. In the 14 IPL matches that he played, the right-arm pacer won cash awards of 10 lakhs each by bowling the fastest ball of the match. Malik sent everyone to go gaga with pace. The SRH pacer was giving a tough time to a veteran Kiwi fast bowler Ferguson.
Malik edged the New Zealand pacer in the league stages of IPL 2022, only to fall short in the end as Ferguson bowled the fastest ball in IPL 2022 clocking 157.3. The rivalry continued in the first ODI and is set to take CenterStage.
IPL 2022 Fastest Deliveries:
- 157.3 – Lockie Ferguson
- 157 – Umran Malik
- 153.90 – Umran Malik
- 152.30 – Umran Malik
- 152.60 – Lockie Ferguson
- 152.60 – Umran Malik
IND vs NZ: How did Umran Malik’s ODI debut pan out?
- Malik lived up to the promise of bowling fast in the ODI as his first over read, 145.9, 143.3, 145.6, 147.3, 137.1, and 149.6
- The 22-year-old did a good job in the first spell as he gave only away 29 runs and picked up two wickets.
- Malik’s slowest delivery was 84.7, which made experts happy as he brought variation in speeds.
- The SRH pacer India’s best bowler in the first ODI maintained tight lines and lengths.
- The one area that Malik could improve is at the death. The 22-year-old has developed a lethal yorker and is planning to use it in death overs
IND vs NZ LIVE: Need for Speed 2.0, Umran Malik & Lockie Ferguson FACE OFF to break the FASTEST BOWL record in 2nd ODI, Check OUT
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