A technical glitch during the live telecast of the IPL 2026 match between RCB and DC revealed that the ace fast bowler Mukesh Kumar The ball was bowled at a speed of only 42 kilometers per hour at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, April 18. Now Mukesh is someone who usually bowls at speeds in excess of 135 kmph, and also has the ability to bowl at speeds of 140+ at times, so the scenes were quite shocking.
Fans immediately noticed the amazing speed displayed by the speed gun and soon realized that it was actually a technical malfunction. Notably, Mukesh bowled quite impressively, conceding only 32 runs at an economical economy of 8.00 in his four overs, and also took the crucial wicket of RCB captain Rajat Patidar while Rajat was batting on eight.
Courtesy of some tight bowling from all ends, DC managed to restrict RCB to just 175 for 8 at the end of 20 overs, which ultimately proved to be a lowly total, as the visitors chased down the target with six wickets to spare. Apart from Mukesh, fast bowler lungi ngidi His two wickets for 39 runs were also quite impressive. Ngidi opened the bowling plans at the end of the first innings.
“(On his slower balls) Yes, I've committed to giving it a lot of airtime and obviously putting a lot of revs on it. I saw earlier that he put arm speed on the board. And I was happy to see it because that's exactly what I'm trying to do. No change in action, no change in my arm speed, just a different trajectory and obviously getting reps to dip into it,” Ngidi told on air.
“(On the pitch) it was a bit sticky at the top. I don't know if you noticed or not, but I just went cross-seam and it looked like some were standing and some were sitting down. Now here at the back end, the slower ball was getting caught, so it has definitely got slower. It is a slow wicket as well. And with the running on it, I think it might spin a bit,” the South African fast bowler said.
The veteran cricketer concluded, “(On restricting RCB to 175) Yes, look, every time we come here we hear that 200 is the par score, so anything below that we will definitely take. We probably could have got a few more scores below that 170, but, the boys put in a solid effort and we will take it.”
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