In the DC vs. MI WPL 2024, Shabnim Ismail sets a record for the fastest ball in women's cricket.

Meg Lanning of the Capitals was struck in the front pad. Shabnim Ismail was the fastest baller of the game in the DC vs. MI WPL 2024. Which came at 132.1 kph in the second of the third over.

Shabnim Ismail, a bowler for the Mumbai Indians, broke the 130 kph mark during Tuesday’s Women’s Premier League (WPL 2024) match against the Delhi Capitals in Delhi, setting a record for the fastest ball in women’s cricket ever. Ismail met the speed gun on broadcast with a delivery speed of 132.1 kph.

Shabnim hit Meg Lanning of the Capitals with a heavier delivery. Which came in the second over of the third over in the game, on the front pad. MI was denied a leg before the umpire rejected their appeal.

Shabnim Ismail Record Set: DC vs MI WPL 2024 Match

In the WPL 2024 season opener against the Capitals at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru,. The 35-year-old bowled a delivery with a pace of 128.3 kph.

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After the game, Ismail played down her effort, saying, “I actually don’t look at the big screen when I’m bowling.”

Shabnim Ismail had a poor performance in his first game back in the starting lineup. After missing a few games and giving up 46 runs in four overs for just one wicket, after holding Mumbai to 192 for four in 20 overs, the Capitals won by 29 runs.

After hitting 128 kph against the West Indies in 2016 and then hitting 127 kph again in the 2022 ODI World Cup,. The South African bowler now owns the record for the fastest deliveries in women’s international cricket. Against England in the T20 World Cup of 2023, Ismail bowled one of the quickest overs in women’s cricket history, with speeds of 119, 122, 126, 120, 125, and 128.

Ismail called the quits on his 16-year career as an international cricket player in May 2023. Just after the domestic T20 World Cup. In 241 international matches for the Proteas. She took 317 wickets in various formats. She continues to dominate South Africa’s T20I rankings (123). But she is still the second-highest wicket-taker in women’s ODIs (191).