Umran Malik has been a brilliant find for Hyderabad in the Indian T20 League. He has produced some genuine pace and troubled the best batters. In the match against Punjab, he produced a miraculous final over as he bowled a maiden and picked up three wickets.
Odean Smith, a power hitter, was at the crease and Malik took his wicket after a dot ball. He then bowled another dot ball. He then cleaned up Rahul Chahar's stumps on the fourth ball and Vaibhav Arora's stumps on the fifth ball. Malik then bowled another quick ball to try and get the hat trick on the final ball, but Arshdeep Singh got his bat to it. However, he was sent back by Kagiso Rabada and was run out in the process.
Before the final over, Malik also had taken the wicket of Jitesh Sharma in the 8th over. The 22-year old ended his spell by conceding 28 runs and picking four wickets in the four overs. Meanwhile, Hyderabad was able to restrict Punjab to 151 runs in the first innings. Liam Livingston was the star of the first innings for the men in red. He scored 60 runs in 33 balls, with five fours and four sixes in the innings.
Twitter had great reactions to Malik ending his spell with a maiden over. "India has got its long time raw pace addressed with this gem. That's seriously amazing last over a maiden with 3 wickets 4 for the team," a fan said.
Here are the top reactions to Umran Malik's final over
What An Unbelievable Last Over By Umran Malik!
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.#Cricket #IPL #IPL2022 #SRHvPBKS #UmranMalik pic.twitter.com/0krCjg6WRN— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) April 17, 2022
Kashmir express had arrived dosto #UmranMalik bahi ye to gajab tej fekta hai#SunrisersHyderabad #BCCI
— Vaibhav Shukla (@Vaibhav31305050) April 17, 2022
Umran Malik quickly turning into Dale Steyn's passion project. He's super excited every time Umran does something.
Caps it off with a maiden over in the 20th over of the innings 👌#PBKSvSRH #aravchoudhary #IPL2022
— Arav Choudhary (@iaravchoudhary) April 17, 2022
#UmranMalik ... 3 wickets (1 run out) in the last over & no runs! Hot pace... Hot stuff!!! #SRHvsPBKS , #IPL2022
— Lokendra Pratap Sahi (@lpsahi) April 17, 2022
Umran Malik is the most valuable Indian cricketer bowler of future... He is spitting VENOM 🔥
— snazzytushar (@tusharbodani30) April 17, 2022
@umran_malik_1 on 🔥🔥🔥...
India has got its long time raw pace addressed with this gem. That's seriously amazing last over a maiden with 3 wickets 4 for the team.@SunRisers wonderful find.#UmranMalik #SRHvsPBKS #SRHvPBKS #IPL2022
— Joanny Bert Gomez (Jo) 🦁 (@joannybert) April 17, 2022
3 Wicket and a maiden in the final over. Some serious pace and accuracy by #UmranMalik 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #SRHvsPBKS #orangearmy
— Ashish Reddy (@ashishreddy_9) April 17, 2022
Umran Malik makes sure you don't take your eyes of the ball even when watching television. Exhilarating stuff. @IPL @SunRisers #UmranMalik #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/LPwx1Nzh4b
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 16, 2022
4 wickets in the final over, 3 by Umran Malik without conceding a single run. What an over, excellent stuff.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 17, 2022
0,wicket,0,wicket, wicket, wicket (run-out) by Umran Malik in the 20th over. #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/j2u8XEtemf
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 17, 2022