IPL 2022: Umran Malik's lethal bouncers stun Nicholas Pooran in SRH net session

Jammu and Kashmir Speedster Umran Malik, who was one of the positives for the Sunrisers Hyderabad despite their poor season last year, was seen battling out against Nicholas Pooran with his raw pace in the net session. Malik was retained by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction for INR 4 Crore after his impressive show last season. The 22-year old clocked a 151.03 km/hr delivery in IPL 2021, which turned out to be the fastest delivery by an Indian bowler in the edition.

Malik was called up as a net bowler for the Indian side in the T20 World Cup 2021 and he has the experience of bowling to Indian superstars like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. However, he played just three games last year and it will be very important for him to have a good season this year as most fast bowlers tend to get carried away by leaking runs despite having the luxury of speed to their armory.

Coming to the battle between Pooran and Malik, the latter was steaming in and bowled a really quick bouncer which left Pooran without any reaction time and looked terrifying as well. In the second delivery, Malik came up with another bouncer which cramped Pooran for the room, and the south[aw was caught in the midwicket area after mistiming a pull shot. In both deliveries, Pooran was beaten for the pace from Malik and the Sunrisers fans will be ecstatic watching the video.

Umran Malik to Nicholas Pooran:
Ball 1: A SCARY bouncer
Ball 2: Another bouncer and OUT

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Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad for IPL 2022

Meanwhile, the Sunrisers Hyderabad have been placed in Group B alongside Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans, and Punjab Kings. They have added a lot of strength to their Indian bowling contingent while the overseas batters are expected to occupy a majority of the batting slots. The Kane Williamson-led side will start its campaign on the 27th of March against the Rajasthan Royals.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad for IPL 2022: Kane Williamson(c), Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Philips, Fazalhaq Farooqi