Mitchell Starc made a world record on the very first ball of India vs Australia ODI series? He bowled the first over of the match, in which he bowled the first ball to Rohit Sharma. Everyone was surprised to see the speed of this ball in meters. The speed of this ball was shown to be 176.5 km per hour, which is faster than Shoaib Akhtar’s world record.

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The record of bowling the fastest ball is in the name of former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Akhtar, popularly known as Rawalpindi Express, had bowled the ball at a speed of 161.3 km per hour to England batsman Nick Knight in the 2003 World Cup. Till now, this ball is the fastest ball in the history of cricket, but the ball bowled by Mitchell Starc to Rohit was shown at 176.5 kph.

What is the truth?

A screenshot is going viral on social media claiming that Mitchell Starc bowled the ball to Rohit Sharma at a speed of 176.5 km per hour, which is more than Shoaib Akhtar’s world record (161.3 kph). So has Mitchell Starc made a world record? The answer is no, because it happened due to a mistake.

The first ball bowled by Mitchell Starc was a ball with a speed of 140.8 km per hour, but due to a technical error it was shown as 176.5. That is, the claim that Mitchell Starc broke Shoaib Akhtar’s world record of bowling the fastest ball is completely wrong.

India’s top batsman flopped in the first ODI

India vs Australia match stopped several times in the first ODI due to rain. Till the time of writing the news, India has scored 52 runs after losing 4 wickets, 16.4 overs have been played. Before this, Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 8 runs, Virat Kohli could not even open his account. Kohli was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. After this, Shubhman Gill (10) and Shreyas Iyer (11) also got out cheaply.