Umran Malik’s blunt response to query of him breaking Shoaib Akhtar’s ‘quickest supply’ report

Younger Indian speedster Umran Malik is new to the worldwide area, however he has already made a reputation for himself as a result of his tremendous spectacular quick bowling. The Jammu-born has turn out to be a family title ever since his breakout season within the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Umran is understood for delivering thunderbolts and making batters’ time depressing. He typically bowls over 145 km/h, and in an IPL sport towards Delhi Capitals (DC), the right-arm speedster delivered a rocket that clocked at 157 kmph.

No surprise Umran is usually in comparison with a number of the world’s quickest bowlers, and his followers reckon that the 23-year-old has all the skills to interrupt former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar‘s report quickest ball within the historical past of worldwide cricket.

Notably, Akhtar was the primary cricketer to interrupt the 100 mph barrier in worldwide cricket earlier than registering the quickest 161.3 kph supply throughout the 2003 World Cup. Akhtar achieved the feat on February 22, 2003, when he delivered a 100.23 mph ball towards England opener Nick Knight.

Umran was just lately quizzed if he goals to interrupt Akhtar’s long-standing report. In response, the pacer insisted that he doesn’t take into consideration the report and is simply dedicated to performing nicely for Workforce India.

“Proper now, I’m solely desirous about performing nicely for the nation. If I do nicely, and if I’m fortunate, I’ll break that. However I don’t give it some thought in any respect,” stated Umran in an interview with News24.

“You don’t get to grasp how briskly you’ve bowled throughout the match. It’s solely after we come again after the sport after we get to understand how quick I used to be. Throughout the sport, my solely focus is on bowling in the proper areas and choosing wickets,”  added the J&Ok pacer.