Mumbai Indians quick bowler Shabnim Ismail has shattered the world record for the fastest supply in the history of women’s cricket. During the Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians clash on the Women’s Premier League 2024, the previous South African pace service provider recorded the fastest ball in women’s cricket.
Ismail despatched a ball at 132.1 Kmph in the third over of the primary innings when she bowled one fuller to Meg Lanning to hit her on the pads. Even although it was given not-out, the Proteas icon has earned the honour of delivering the fastest ball in women’s cricket.Â
Ismail was additionally requested about her milestone after the primary innings. On being requested about breaching the 130 Kmph milestone, Ismail stated that she didn’t realize it as she had not seemed on the massive display screen. “I don’t remember, I actually don’t look at the big screen while bowling,” she stated on the mid-innings break.
Despite this, Ismail had an off day with the ball. She conceded 46 runs in simply 4 overs and went at 11.50 whereas taking a solitary wicket. The Proteas star stated she was upset with it. “Very disappointed in my bowling (tonight). There were a few misfields and dropped chances. Hopefully, we can chase this target down. (What total they looked to restrict DC to) We never actually thought about that. The wicket was really slow. Any bad ball we bowled, they capitalised on it. Hopefully, our batters can get this,” she stated.
Before this, RCB and WPL had claimed that Ellyse Perry had the world record for the fastest ball in women’s cricket. RCB stated that Perry delivered a ball at 130.5 Kmph during the final version of WPL which turned the fastest ball in women’s cricket.Â
Delhi Capitals’ Playing XI:
Meg Lanning (c), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonassen, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Titas Sadhu, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav
Mumbai Indians’ Playing XI:
Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S Sajana, Shabnim Ismail, Humaira Kazi, Saika Ishaque
