India defeated Ireland in the first T20I match of their series by seven wickets. The team captained by Hardik Pandya had a near-perfect game as they were at the top in all departments. The game was set up brilliantly by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who troubled the batters with his swing early on. He got a wicket in the first over of the game, but another incident caught everyone's eyes in the match.
On the first ball of the match, the pacer clocked a speed of 201 kmph. Later in that over, he bowled at a pace of 208 kmph. The fans were in shock as they thought that he had broken the world record of the fastest delivery. Shoaib Malik, a former Pakistani cricketer, holds the record for the quickest ball ever delivered in international cricket (161.3 kmph).
As it turns out, a technical glitch in the match had shown Kumar bowling over 200 kmph. However, this led to some hilarious posts on Twitter. "Woooo Too Much To Handle How Could I Miss This Match Ball Bowled At 208 Kms Speed By @BhuviOfficial Mind Boggling. Congrats," a fan unaware of the reality wrote.Β
The Indian team got early breakthroughs in the match, which was reduced to 12 overs, putting Ireland under pressure. However, Harry Tector pulled back the game for the hosts as he scored a brilliant half-century. The right-hander played an attacking game and scored 64 runs in 33 balls in the team's score of 108 runs.
Deepak Hooda was promoted to open the innings with Ishan Kishan in the chase. He played a brilliant knock in the game. Hardik Pandya also supported him well after two early wickets. The two added 64 runs in the partnership. Hooda remained not out on 47 runs in 29 balls to win the match for India in the 10th over.
With this, India took a 1-0 lead in the two-match T20I series. The next match will be played on the 28th of April at the same venue, Malahide Cricket Club.
Here is how Twitter reacted
In what seems to be a case of a shocking speed gun error, Bhuvneshwar Kumar clocked deliveries at 201 kmph & 208 kmph in 1st T20I against Ireland.
(πΈCredit: BCCI/ICC)#INDvsIRE #HardikPandya #IREvsIND #TeamIndia #IrelandCricket #Cricket #t20series #BhuvneshwarKumar #UmranMalik pic.twitter.com/duIsnx6ICn
β SportsTiger (@sportstigerapp) June 26, 2022
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Woooo Too Much To Handle How Could I Miss This Match
Ball Bowled At 208 Kms Speed By @BhuviOfficial Mind Blogging. Congrats #LightiningSpeedBhuvi#BhuvneshwarKumarβ Syed Suheel #BJPHataoDeshKiHizzatBachaco (@SyedSuheeeel) June 27, 2022
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201 kmph ππ#INDvIRE pic.twitter.com/QFNlhedAlb
β Arslan Awan (@iamArslanawan) June 26, 2022
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Was i the only one to notice this 201 kmph by @BhuviOfficial #IREvIND @CricCrazyJohns @mufaddal_vohra pic.twitter.com/B0XC92fq0m
β Vinura Perera (@Crickfantastic1) June 26, 2022
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Captain Rohit Sharma knows how to bring the best out of their players.
Bhuvi is unstoppable since that incident. #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/0YcxXHbw0Hβ HITMAN (@CaptainRo45) June 27, 2022
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Captain Rohit Sharma knows how to bring the best out of their players.
Bhuvi is unstoppable since that incident. #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/0YcxXHbw0Hβ HITMAN (@CaptainRo45) June 27, 2022
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Bhuvi bowling with 208 km/h πππ pic.twitter.com/e9pTkYT5nb
β A (@AppeFizzz) June 26, 2022
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Shoaib Akhtar who? pic.twitter.com/ZHwmLSTD9m
β Karan (@karannpatelll) June 26, 2022
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WORLD RECORD BROKEN
Bhuvi broken his own record by bowling at 208 kmph. Bhuvi launching rockets today. This is unbelievable#indvsire #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/FFvzLGfPsN
β Rohit.Bishnoi (@The_kafir_boy_2) June 26, 2022
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Shoaib Akhtar, Umran Malik who??? Bhuvi just bowled the fastest ball ever.π€£π€£ Real pic, just took ss pic.twitter.com/2wDDDJQ6gK
β Usama Kareem (@UsamaKarem2) June 26, 2022