Sunrisers Hyderabad team’s young fast bowler Umran Malik has again surprised people with his bowling against Punjab Kings. His start in this season wasn’t effective. However, he continued to impress with his pace that clicks over 150.
In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad team captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. After that the team of Punjab Kings was reduced to just 151 runs in 20 overs. At one stage, PBKS were at 132 in 16 overs and 175 looked to be on cards.
However, young fast bowler Umran Malik bowled so viciously that the whole Punjab Kings were all out under 155. It was a slow wicket, as pitch conditions were but the pace and bounce Umran Malik generated troubled batsmen in the slog overs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad team’s 22-year-old young fast bowler Umran Malik took 4 wickets for 28 runs in the bowling of 4 overs in this match. During his last over of the spell, Umran did not concede any runs in the 20th over. To make it more memorable, he also took three wickets. With this, he has become the third bowler in IPL history to have bowled the 20th over maiden.
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Earlier in the Indian Premier League, this feat was done by Irfan Pathan in the 2008 IPL in front of Mumbai Indians while playing for Kings 11 Punjab. After that, in the year 2017, Jaydev Unadkat, playing for Pune, kept the 20th over maiden against Sunrisers Hyderabad. But now the name of Umran Malik has also been added to this list.
Young Indian fast bowler Umran Malik has good pace, due to which he has the ability to bowl consistently at 150 pace. In the Indian Premier League, Umran Malik has so far taken 11 wickets in 9 innings of 9 matches at an average of 27 and an economy of 8.74. Keeping in mind the pace of Umran Malik, Sunrisers Hyderabad retained him before the mega auction. His performance has improved so well in the last 2 matches taking 6 wickets.