IPL 2021 witnessed 29 nail-biting matches between 8 teams. Although the tournament could not finish as it was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it managed to entertain the audience for quite some time. IPL 2021 reached the halfway mark before getting suspended and every team faced each other at least once. There were many close matches in IPL 2021 that thrilled the audience to a great extent.
Although Indian grounds are more spin-friendly, pacers have a lot of value in IPL. Every team has a lot of expectations from their pacers, to bag crucial wickets and find breakthroughs for the team.
In every IPL season, some pace deliveries catch attention for their speed. In 29 matches during IPL 2021, no bowler managed to reach the 150 km/hr mark but still, there were few fast deliveries that caught attention. Here we talk about the 5 fastest deliveries of IPL 2021.
5 Fastest Deliveries Of IPL 2021
5. Kagiso Rabada: 147.62 km/hr
Kagiso Rabada bowled the 5th fastest delivery in IPL 2021. Rabada bowled a delivery that measured 147.62 km/hr. The Delhi Capitals bowler arrived a little late in the tournament due to South Africa’s home ODI series against Pakistan. Due to quarantine protocols, Rabada has to miss Delhi Capitals’ first match against Chennai Super Kings. However, he managed to bowl at his magical pacer in IPL 2021 later.