Mitchell Starc: Speed ​​of 176.5 kph! Mitchell Starc bowled the fastest ball? There was panic in Perth

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Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly in the first match. (Photo-James Worsfold-CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

Mitchell Starc: Team India, playing an ODI match for the first time after Champions Trophy 2025, has faced defeat against Australia. In this match played in Perth, Indian batting was a complete flop, due to which the visiting team could not score big against Australia. During this, the host team’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc bowled the very first ball of the match, which created a stir. He bowled the ball to Rohit Sharma at a speed of 176.5 kph. However, the matter calmed down later when its truth was revealed.

What is the whole matter?

In the first ODI match played in Perth, Team India came out to bat first. Rohit Sharma Faced the first ball of Mitchell Starc. Rohit took one run on this ball, but there was an uproar on social media regarding this ball, because a speed gun showed Rohit Sharma bowling at a speed of 176.5 km per hour to Mitchell Starc.

However, no official statement from the ICC or Cricket Australia confirmed that Starc had bowled at that pace. This was a technical error, because according to Cricbuzz reports his actual speed was around 145.8 kmph. After this many people tweeted on social media. The record of throwing the fastest ball is held by former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.

This record is in the name of Shoaib Akhtar

Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar In 2003, he bowled the ball at a speed of 161.3 kilometers per hour in an ODI match against England. Mitchell Starc has not broken his world record yet, because he has bowled the first ball at a speed of about 145.8kph.

In the first match against Team India, Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly and did not allow Team India’s batsmen to score runs from the beginning. During this, Starc dismissed Virat Kohli. During this period, Virat Kohli could not even open his account.

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