NEW DELHI: India's fast bowling sensation Umran Malik's ability to send stumps cartwheeling with consistent deliveries at and over 150kmph plus has made him a player the selectors turn to regularly for limited-overs assignments. He breathes fire on the field.
After he bowled a 155 kmph ripper against Sri Lanka in the first T20I earlier this year, the pressure of breaking Pakistan legend Shoaib Akhtar's record has fallen on Umran. Akhtar holds the record of bowling the fastest delivery in world cricket. He bowled a 161kmph delivery to England opener Nick Knight during the 2003 World Cup in Cape Town in South Africa.
