With express pacer Mayank Yadav making his international debut alongside Nitish Reddy in the first T20I against Bangladesh, we look at 10 the fastest bowlers ever to have represented India.
Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Umran Malik remains India’s fastest pacer ever with a top speed of 157 kmph
Lucknow Super Giants quick Mayank Yadav isn”t far behind with a top speed of 156.7 kmph, achieved in the IPL earlier this year
Before Malik and Yadav’s emergence in recent years, pace icon Javagal Srinath was India’s fastest bowler for a number of years with a top speed of 154.5 kmph
Bowling all-rounder Irfan Pathan is the fastest left-arm pacer in this list with a top speed of 153.7 kmph
Mohammed Shami is fifth on this list with his fastest delivery measuring 153.3 kmph
At the sixth spot is Jasprit Bumrah, the pace spearhead of both the Indian as well as Mumbai Indians attacks with a top speed of 153.26 kmph
Navdeep Saini sits at the seventh spot with his fastest ball measuring 152.85 kmph
Veteran pacer Ishant Sharma is at the eighth spot with a top speed of 152.6 kmph
Varun Aaron, who primarily played under MS Dhoni’s captaincy, is ninth on the list with a top speed of 152.5 kmph
And completing the top-10 is Umesh Yadav with a fastest delivery measuring 152.2 kmph