Umran Malik

Umran Malik is a right-arm fast bowler from India who has played in the limited-overs cricket. He was born in Gujjar Nagar, Jammu & Kashmir, on November 22, 1999. He participated in his maiden T20 match in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on January 18, 2021 representing Jammu & Kashmir. He made his India debut against Ireland in June 2022. He plays cricket for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and Jammu and Kashmir in the domestic circuit.

In the IPL 2024 Auction, the Hyderabad franchise paid Rs 4.00 Cr to retain Umran Malik. He had his debut season for SRH in the IPL 2021

Umran Malik has been recognized as the fastest bowler in India, with a bowling speed of 157 kilometres per hour (kph). He has broken multiple records due to his pace.

Umran Malik: Along the Years

Umran Malik Records

• Umran registered the fastest delivery of the 2022 Indian Premier League (157 kmph) during a game against the Delhi Capitals.

• The only Indian bowler who touched 151 kmph more than once.

• Took a 5 wicket haul in IPL against GT in 2022

• Umran Malik broke his own record for the fastest ball bowled by an Indian, clocking 156 kmph in 2023.

Umran Malik Awards and Accolades

• Emerging player of the season in IPL 2022

Umran Malik Career

Umran Malik was born on November 22, 1999, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He is a raw pacer and one of India's rising cricket talents. Umran Malik caused a stir during the 13th IPL season by bowling one of the league's fastest deliveries ever. In 2022, during the T20I series against Ireland, he made his debut for India. Later he also made his ODI debut in the same year.

Umran Malik Domestic Career

At the age of seventeen, Umran started his cricket coaching under Randhir Singh Manhas. He went to coaching at the Cricket Coaching Center in the Maulana Azad Stadium. Manhas, who is referred to by his students as "Rajan Sir," recalls that Umran was chosen for the U-19 Jammu & Kashmir Team but was not given many opportunities to play.

Umran has not played any major or national level tournaments in his early days of cricketing career. He was chosen directly as a net bowler for SRH on the advice of former Indian all rounder Irfan Pathan.

Umran Malik IPL Career

Umran Malik was initially selected as a net bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2021. However, after pacer T Natarajan was ruled out due to Covid-19, he secured a full-time contract with SRH. Umran's raw pace attracted the eye of the team management, and he was selected for the 2022 Indian Premier League squad.

When Umran made his IPL 2021 debut against the Kolkata Knight Riders, he bowled a delivery with a speed of 151.03 kmph, which no other Indian bowler had touched before. Later in the season, he beat his own record when he bowled a delivery at 153 kmph against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He recorded a number of deliveries in that same game that were at or above 150 kmph.

On April 27, 2022, during the 2022 Indian Premier League match against the Gujarat Titans, Malik achieved his first-ever five-wicket haul in the IPL and T20 cricket. He also clocked 157 kmph in a IPL 2022 match against Chennai Super Kings at Pune.

2023 was not a fruitful season for the pacer as he was able to record only 5 wickets in the entire season. Umran was retained for INR 4 crore by SRH in the IPL 2024.

Umran Malik International Career

Malik was picked to represent India in the T20 International (T20I) series against South Africa in May 2022. He was added to India's T20I squad shortly after that for the two-match series against Ireland. On June 26, 2022, Malik made his T20 International debut against Ireland.

He later made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the Indian cricket team in a match against New Zealand in November 2022. In that match, he dismissed Devon Conway, his first-ever ODI wicket.

Umran Malik ODI Career

Umran made his ODI debut for India against New Zealand in November 2022. He dismissed Devon Conway as his maiden wicket. Malik's last ODI match took place on 29 July 2023, in Bridgetown against the West Indies. Umran has taken 13 wickets in his 10 ODI matches to date.

Umran Malik Test Career

Umran has not appeared for any international test matches for India as of April 2024.

Umran Malik T20I Career

In the three-match T20 International series between Sri Lanka and India in 2023, Umran grabbed a total of 7 wickets. In the first game of the series, he dismissed two batsmen, and took 3 wickets in the second match. In the most recent T20I match against New Zealand in February 2023, he took 2 wickets.

Malik recorded 155 kmph in his 17th over of a T20 international match against Sri Lanka in January 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He broke Jasprit Bumrah's record for the fastest ball by an Indian bowler.

Umran Malik Captaincy

As of 2024 Umran Malik has not captained the Indian national team or any IPL franchise in his career so far

Umran Malik Under-19 Career

Umran Malik, who had never competed in a U-19 match. However, he was chosen at the age of eighteen to represent Jammu & Kashmir in the Cooch Behar Trophy.

Umran Malik Family

Umran Malik's parents are Abdul Rashid and Seema Begum. Umran's father runs a grocery and fruit shop in Jammu. He has an elder sister named Shehnaaz Malik. They currently live in the Jammu and Kashmir neighbourhood of Gujjar Nagar.

Umran Malik Net Worth

Umran Malik's estimated net worth as of 2024 is INR ₹9 crore. His main sources of revenue include the IPL, BCCI contracts, endorsements, advertisements, and other domestic tournaments. He was retained by SRH for INR ₹4 crore for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

Umran Malik House

Umran Malik reportedly lives in his house in Srinagar in Jammu.

Umran Malik Cars

Umran Malik's car collection is not publicly known yet. Umran Malik was called up for the first time by India for the T20I series against South Africa in 2022, following his great performance in the IPL. Umran Malik gave his father a Thar as a celebration gift.