Kashmir expresses, Umran Malik continued his meteoric rise. Sunrisers Hyderabad star picked up his maiden five-wicket haul with a fiery spell against the Gujarat Titans. Defending 195, Umran ran through the Titan's batting with his sheer pace. He picked up all five of the top-order batsmen in what are the best bowling figures of the IPL 2022.
While the rest of the Sunrisers Hyderabad attack struggled under pressure, young Umran Malik delivered on his potential to pick up his maiden five-wicket haul in IPL.
Umran started with a bang casting the in form Shubman Gill who tried to carve one through the offside for a boundary. Gill's wicket was soon followed by that of GT captain Hardik Pandya, who miscued a pull shot which was caught comfortably by Marco Jansen in the deep.
Wriddhiman Saha, who scored a stellar half-century was the next to depart after the SRH quick nailed a perfect yorker to get rid of the veteran keeper for 68. David Miller soon followed after he missed a straight delivery which sent his middle stump for a walk. Abhinav Manohar was the last man dismissed as the Karnataka star was done by a beautiful delivery as Malik picked up his five-wicket haul off the last ball of his spell.
Incidentally, it was only the second five-wicket haul of the season following Yuzvendra Chahal's efforts against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Umran's figures of 5/25 were the best for the season as the Kashmir quick rose in the purple cap rankings as well, alongside teammate T Natarajan.
Umran Malik becomes the third youngest to pick a fifer in IPL on Wednesday. Meanwhile, let's have a look at the youngest bowlers to pick a fifer in IPL.
| Serial No. | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jaydev Unadkat | 21yr 204d |
| 2. | Alzarri Joseph | 22yr 127d |
| 3. | Umran Malik* | 22yr 157d |
| 4. | Arshdeep Singh | 22yr 228d |
| 5. | Ishant Sharma | 22yr 237d |
| 6. | James Faulkner | 22yr 363d |
N.B: The stats are accurate as of 28/04/2022.
