Kuldeep Yadav was clocked bowling at 117 kph in the second T20I between South Africa and India in Gqeberha today (December 12).
Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who is known for deceiving batsmen with googling both in the air and off the field, played in the SA vs IND T20I at St. George’s Park in Gebera today (December). He delivered a lightning strike in the second game. .12) from he 117 km / h.
Kuldeep bowled the fifth over of the innings and had to go for a faster ball on the fifth ball of the over as he saw Reeza Hendricks moving on course. He pulled the length back, letting it fall halfway down his coat. However, instead of preparing to be hit, the ball slipped through very quickly, almost fooling Hendrix, and somehow managed to land the bat in time to get past Hendricks.
To everyone’s surprise, the speed display read 117 km/h.
It was not the first time Kuldeep bowled so fast against faster bowlers. In the IPL earlier this year, he had even given a timely hit to Andre Russell, who was playing for Delhi Capitals. The speed of this ball also reached 117 km/h.
Kuldeep Yadav bowled 117 kph against Russell. pic.twitter.com/dLFZgM3uZg
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Kuldeep also surprised New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell in the 2023 World Cup with a much faster stroke that reached 113 km/h.
Chasing a revised target of 152 from 15 overs, South Africa went full throttle in the powerplay to reach 67-1 in five overs. They continued to attack and the score was 116-2 after 10 overs.
Early in the match, Suryakumar Yadav (56 off 36 balls) and Rinku Singh (68 off 39 balls, not out) scored their first half-century to take India to 19.3 before the rain set in. Over, the total was 180 wins and 7 losses. Three deliveries shortened the innings.
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