Mohammad Siraj broke the world record, did he bowl the fastest ball in international cricket?
Mohammad Siraj
On the first day of the second Test match being played between India and Australia, thousands of fans reached the stadium to watch the match. This match is being organized in Adelaide. More than 50,000 spectators were present in the stadium during the day-night test match being played with pink ball between the two teams. Meanwhile, a ball of Team India’s star bowler Mohammad Siraj has grabbed all the headlines. In such a situation, let us know what was so special about that ball.
Siraj surprised everyone
Mohammad Siraj was bowling his last over on the first day of this match. During this, he first had an argument with Labuschagne. After this, the fans were surprised when he broke the record of the fastest ball in the history of cricket. He made a regular bounce on this ball. Which Labuschagne did not play. It was seen on the speedometer that this ball was traveling at a speed of 181.6 kilometers per hour. Which broke the record of former Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Which was bowled at a speed of 161.3 kilometers per hour, which was made during the 2003 World Cup.
Did the truth break the record?
However, this was a technical glitch on the part of the broadcaster. Which he immediately rectified, but by then some fans made the pictures of the speed of 181.6 kilometers per hour viral on social media. After this, memes started being made everywhere. Some fans even believed that Siraj has made a new world record. However it was nothing like that.
How was the first day?
Talking about the first day’s play of this match played between the two teams, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in this match and decided to bat first. After which Team India was all out for just 180 runs. After this the Australian team came on the field to bat. Where by the end of the first day’s play, they had scored 86 runs after losing one wicket. Jasprit Bumrah took the only wicket from India.
