India’s newest pace sensation, Umran Malikm, has revealed that he really loved dismissing the international stars with his bouncers and yorkers in the recently concluded IPL 2022.
Umran, who consistently bowled over 150 kph in the IPL 15, also recalled an incident when he had to pay for his mistake. Notably, the speedster troubled the international stars with his fiery pace in the IPL 2022 and bagged 22 wickets in 14 matches for the Sunrusers Hyderabad (SRH).
As per The Indian Express, Malik said: “I floored (Andre) Russell with a bouncer and dismissed Shreyas Iyer with a yorker. These I enjoyed a lot. I enjoyed the wicket of Matthew Wade as well.”
He added, “The thing about fast bowling that gives me the most joy is taking wickets. And then when a batsman is afraid, I feel that I am bowling fast and I am pretty good, that is why he is afraid of me. I feel very happy when I beat the batsman by bowling in good areas, or when I bowl a bouncer at his helmet. And I feel the happiest when I take a wicket with a Yorker.”
Recalling an incident when he broke the phone of the wicketkeeper during a tennis-ball match, the young pacer said that he had to pay money to his teammate.
Malik recalled, “Yes, yes, I will tell you the full story. It was a night tennis-ball tournament being held in Jammu. And this guy Vicky was the wicketkeeper. He had kept his phone in his front pocket. And when I bowled a yorker, it hit bang on the phone display, which shattered into pieces.”
He signed off by saying, “You have reminded me of a very funny incident, I remember I had laughed so much when it happened. But yes, I paid him for breaking the phone. He was after me; I had to pay him the money.”
