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Mumbai Indians fast bowler Shabnim Ismail created history on Tuesday in the Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals match of the Women’s Premier League 2024. She bowled the fastest ball ever in women’s cricket history. This is the first time that the 130 kilometer per hour mark on the speed meter has been broken in women’s cricket. In this match, Shabnim broke the record on the second ball of the third over of Delhi’s innings. Shabnim, who played international matches for South Africa, bowled a full length delivery to Delhi captain Meg Lanning. It hit Lanning’s pad.
The ball was thrown at a speed of 132.1 km per hour
Mumbai team appealed for LBW, but the umpire rejected it. There was no success on the ball, but soon it was reported on the big screen in the stadium that the speed of the ball was 132.1 kilometers per hour (82.08 mph). After this the entire stadium clapped for Shabnim. When asked whether he knew that he had created history by bowling the fastest ball ever? After the end of the innings, Shabnim said, ‘When I am bowling, I do not look at the screen.’
Shabnim broke her own record
Shabnim broke her own record in terms of fastest ball in women’s cricket. Before reaching the speed of 132.1 km per hour, Shabnim had bowled the ball at a record speed of 128 km per hour. She bowled 128 kmph (79.54 mph) against West Indies in 2016 and 127 kmph twice during the Women’s ODI World Cup in 2022. Ismail played 127 ODIs, 113 T20s and one Test for South Africa in an international career spanning 16 years.
Took 317 wickets in international cricket
Regarded as the fastest bowler in women’s cricket, this South African bowler took 317 international wickets. He has three wickets in Test, 191 wickets in ODI and 123 wickets in T20. Ismail has played for South Africa in all eight of the last eight ICC Women’s T20 World Cups. He retired from international cricket after the T20 World Cup tournament at home last year.
fastest ball in men’s cricket
However, there is no contest between the fastest ball in women’s cricket and the fastest ball in men’s. The fastest ball so far in men’s cricket was bowled by Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan. He achieved a speed of 161.3 kilometers per hour (100.14 mph).
General demonstration against Delhi
Shabnim Ismail made this record, but her performance against Delhi was nothing special. He spent a lot of runs. Shabnim gave away 14 runs in the first two overs. Shefali Verma hit two big sixes in her third over. However, later Shabnim definitely dismissed Shefali. Shefali could score 28 runs. Shabnim gave away 46 runs in four overs and got one wicket. Talking about the match, Delhi, batting first, scored 192 runs for four wickets in 20 overs. Captain Lanning scored 53 runs, Jemimah Rodrigues played an unbeaten inning of 69 runs. In reply, Mumbai team could score only 163 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. Amanjot Kaur scored the highest score of 42 runs. Whereas, Haley Mathews scored 29 runs and Sajeevan Sajna scored 24 unbeaten runs.
status of marks table
Delhi won the match by 29 runs. With this victory, Delhi team remains on top in the points table. They have eight points from five matches with four wins and one loss. At the same time, Royal Challengers Bangalore are in second place with six points from five matches with three wins and two losses. Mumbai also has six points and is in third place. UP Warriors are fourth with four points from five matches and Gujarat Giants are fifth without any points after four matches.
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