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In the first ODI against India, Australia got off to a fast start. The star-studded Indian batting collapsed like a deck of cards when they chose to bowl on a difficult surface. The first player to fall was Rohit Sharma, who edged Josh Hazlewood's rising delivery to the slips after failing to control it. Virat Kohli was dismissed for a duck by Mitchell Starc, who quickly gave Australia their second wicket.
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In the first ODI between the two teams in Perth, Mitchell Starc delivered an enthralling opening performance against India. Starc helped the hosts defeat the Shubman Gill-led team by destroying the Indian top order in a 5-over span with figures of 5-1-20-1.
Starc can bowl at speeds of up to 150 kmph. After almost a year, he made his ODI comeback on October 19. The first delivery he made after opening the bowling was barely long enough. The ball's speed during the broadcast was an incredible 176.5 kmph, which was far faster than Shoaib Akhtar's fastest ball, which was 161.3 kmph.
Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan bowled the quickest delivery in cricket history. In a 2003 World Cup encounter against England, he recorded a speed of 161.3 km/h. However, many have been shocked when Starc's ball has recently demonstrated a speed of exceeding 176 km/h.
In actuality, Mitchell Starc bowled the ball with a speed of 140.8 km/h. But because of a technical glitch, it showed 176.5 km/h. In actuality, Starc did not bowl that quickly. It was only a technical error that led to an incorrect speed reading.
Cricket fans made fun of the speed gun's blatant mistake on Sunday, October 19, and the incident swiftly went viral online. Nevertheless, Starc averaged over 140 km/h when bowling a scorching spell to the Indian top order. Once more bowled to Rohit Sharma, one of Starc's fastest valid deliveries was recorded at approximately 145 kmph.
With his length and the strong bounce he could produce from the Perth surface, Starc caused problems for the former captain of India.
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