WPL 2024: Shabnim Ismail makes historical past with the quickest ball ever bowled in girls’s cricket right through DEL-W vs MUM-W conflict

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In a sensational feat, Shabnim Ismail, the tempo sensation from Mumbai Indians (MI), has rewritten the list books with the quickest supply within the historical past of ladies’s cricket on Tuesday (March 5).

Shabnim Ismail units girls’s cricket ablaze with record-breaking tempo

The historical second opened up right through the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 conflict in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC) when Ismail unleashed a thunderous ball to an opposition skipper Meg Lanning at an astonishing velocity of 132.1 Kph within the 3rd over. Regardless of the not-out choice, Ismail claimed the honor of turning in the swiftest ball in girls’s cricket.

Mumbai Indians rapid bowler Shabnim Ismail bowled the Quickest Supply via a Girls’s Cricket – 132.1 KMPH 👏 #MIvDC #WPL2024 #DCvMI %.twitter.com/srOZimZ0HQ

— Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) March 5, 2024

WPL 2024: A story of data and comebacks

Ismail’s record-breaking supply got here after a stellar get started within the WPL 2024, the place she clocked an outstanding 128.3kph within the event’s opening fit. Regardless of a short lived sidelining because of harm, Ismail made a convincing comeback, including every other feather to her cap. Particularly, she holds the list for the quickest supply in world girls’s cricket, completed at 128kph in opposition to West Indies in 2016 and breached the mark of 127 kph two times right through the 2022 ODI Global Cup.

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An afternoon of demanding situations and triumphs for Ismail

Alternatively, in spite of her record-breaking accomplishment, Ismail confronted demanding situations right through the fit in opposition to Delhi. Opening the bowling for Mumbai, she grappled with accuracy problems, and Shafali Verma‘s onslaught led to consecutive sixes. Ismail controlled to select one wicket however concluded with figures of one/46 in 4 overs.

Legacy of the ‘Demon’: Main wicket-taker and Mumbai’s prized asset

Affectionately referred to as the ‘Demon,’ Ismail remained some of the quickest and maximum fearsome bowlers within the girls’s cricket circuit. Her deadly bouncers and remarkable accuracy have left an indelible mark. Regardless of bidding farewell to world cricket in Might 2023, Ismail’s legacy endures with 191 wickets in ODIs and 123 wickets in T20Is, making her South Africa‘s main wicket-taker in each codecs. Mumbai completed her products and services for Rs 1.2 Crore, making her the franchise’s most costly purchase within the 2024 TATA WPL Public sale.