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Umran Malik's pace sends the bails flying (Source: Twitter)
Team India registered a comfortable victory in the third T20I against New Zealand. The team, led by captain Hardik Pandya, delivered a clinical, all-round performance to seal a dominating 169-run win and also clinch the three-match series 2-1. As such, a particular incident that caught the eyes of the netizens was a delivery that was bowled by Umran Malik in the fifth over.
To find bowlers who consistently hit the 150 km/h mark is rare. But Umran, the new pace sensation, is proving otherwise. The speedster's clinical bowling was again on show in the third T20I. Umran, who holds the record for the fastest delivery bowled by an Indian, sensationally dismissed Bracewell. It all happened in the third ball of the fifth over.
Umran Malik started his spell with a 146.8 km/h yorker that Bracewell could not get his bat on. A couple of balls later, Bracewell tried to charge down the track and loft Umran for a big hit. However, the right-hander completely missed the ball, hitting his furniture. The pacer from Jammu's 150 km/h delivery hit the stumps so hard that the bails went for a toss outside the 30-yard circle. Umran also dismissed Daryl Mitchell, their top-scorer, for 35, and returned with impressive figures of 2 for 9 in 2.1 overs.
Here's the video:
An absolute thunderbolt this by #UmranMalik!#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/greKWAICLs
— Mohsin Kamal (@64MohsinKamal) February 1, 2023
— cricket fan (@cricketfanvideo) February 2, 2023
New Zealand bundled out for 66; Skipper Pandya picks up 4 wickets
India captain Hardik Pandya was the pick of the bowlers for the Men in Blue, returning with figures of 4/16 in his four overs. India posted a mammoth total of 234/4. However, it seemed like New Zealand batted on an entirely different track. They found it hard to keep the scoreboard ticking and succumbed to India's bowling attack for just 66 runs.
However, the evening belonged to India's latest all-format batter, Shubman Gill. Gill scored his maiden T20I century and became the fifth Indian batter to register tons in all formats of the game. Only Raina, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli are the other Indians to have achieved the feat. Gill's unbeaten 126 is also the highest score by an Indian in T20Is. Moreover, he is now the youngest Indian batter to score a century in the game's shortest format, dislodging Suresh Raina from the throne.