Umran Malik of Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled a triple wicket maiden within the match towards Punjab Kings on Saturday. Malik first burst into the scene when he bowled the quickest ball in IPL historical past final yr, when he clocked 152.95 kph towards Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Since then, the teen from Jammu and Kashmir has gone from power to power within the league, the crescendo approaching Sunday when he bowled a final over maiden and took 3 wickets in the identical over towards Punjab Kings.
With his final over maiden, Malik joins the corporate of Irfan Pathan (2008), Lasith Malinga (2009) and Jaidev Unadkat (2017).
Malik produced a surprising twentieth over as Sunrisers Hyderabad bundled out Punjab Kings for 151. The 22-year-old uncapped pacer was on hearth within the final over when he picked three wickets whereas the fourth got here through run out. The over ended up being a uncommon wicket maiden. Malik’s sensational spell got here after Liam Livingstone’s counter-attacking counter-attacking 60 off 30 balls (5×4, 4×6). Here is a ball by ball replace of the over —
19.1 overs- Umran Malik bowls to Odean Smith, size ball, across the center and the batter tries to whip this on the leg aspect, however will get an inside edge again onto his pads.
19.2 overs – Umran Malik to Odean Smith is gone caught and bowled. This was Maliks’s second wicket, very like his first wicket. A shortish ball, outdoors off which Smith tried to pulls however obtained a prime edge in direction of the leg aspect. Malik took a very good return catch.
19.3 overs – Umran Malik to Rahul Chahar, size ball, on the pads hits Chahar on the pads.
Stumps had been flying, catches being taken and there was plenty of tempo courtesy Umran Malik!
Not a run scored within the last over of the innings and Malik finally ends up with figures of 4/28 🔥🔥#PBKSvSRH #TATAIPL #Umranmalik #Cricket #JammuCategorical pic.twitter.com/z242QL3K1Y
— Choudhary Furqan Mehboob (@ch__furqan) April 17, 2022
19.4 overs – Umran Malik to Rahul Chahar, is cleaned up courtesy of a pacey supply, on a size, on off. Chahar tried to make room however misses and the ball goes and knocks the off stump over.
19.5 overs – Umran Malik to Vaibhav Arora, holding issues easy, and as soon as once more it’s on the stumps at round 144 clicks. Arora seems to slash this away however he misses and the ball goes on to hit the highest of off. Malik was on a hat-trick right here.
19.6 overs – Umran Malik to Arshdeep Singh, was denied a hat-trick on the final ball of the over, because the batter was run-out, bringing an finish to a terrific final over. 4 wickets off it and never a single run as Punjab finish at 151. However, it was a workforce hat-trick.
A triple wicket maiden for a last over is an impressive effort from younger Umran Malik. Skills and uncooked tempo and nice execution is gold stuff.#PBKSvSRH
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 17, 2022
In the post-innings interview, Malik reflecting on his spell, stated, “I needs some time (to think what he’s done). In Jammu, it usually gets to 47 or 48 degrees, so it doesn’t matter (the heat), it’s actually nice to play in this heat. I think I have got my line and length better over the last few days, the plan was to keep it full and straight, and in that channel just outside off.”
This is critical stuff from #UmranMalik. Pace and accuracy..🎯🎯
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) April 17, 2022
The cricket world was fast to hail this achievement as former India participant Parthiv Patel tweeting, This is critical stuff from #UmranMalik. Pace and accuracy..” Former India speedster Venkatesh Prasad additionally adopted swimsuit, saying “A triple wicket maiden for a final over is an outstanding effort from young Umran Malik. Skills and raw pace and great execution is gold stuff.”
