During the second test match between AUS vs IND, At the end of the session, an unusual incident occurred while Muhammad Siraj was bowling. As he bowled the bowl, it looked like a normal delivery but the speed-gun malfunctioned displaying an unbelievable delivery speed of 181.6 km/h.
This was an Astounding delivery of speed 20.3 km/h faster than the current fastest bowl speed record owned by a Pakistani legendary bowler Shoaib Akhtar. When he cloaked a delivery at 161.3 km/h against England in the year 2003.
However, soon after the delivery was done, management confirmed that it was a technical error that made Indian pacer Muhammad Siraj the world’s fastest bowler on Friday. But on social media, it goes viral after the speed gun’s fault.
Here are Top 10 fastest Deliveries.
- Shoaib Akhtar : 161.3 km/h
- Brett Lee : 161.1 km/h
- Shaun Tait : 161.1 km/h
- Jeff Thomson : 160.6 km/h
- Mitchell Starc : 160.4 km/h
- Andy Roberts : 159.5 km/h
- Fidel Edwards : 157.7 km/h
- Mitchell Johnson : 156.8 km/h
- Mohammad Sami : 156.4 km/h
- Shane Bond : 156.4 km/h