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Punjab Kings pacer Lockie Ferguson has set the speed gun ablaze in the IPL 2025 season as he leads the charts for the fastest deliveries bowled in the ongoing edition. The Kiwi speedster bowled a 153.2 kmph thunderbolt during the Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings clash.
Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer and Gujarat Titans’ Kagiso Rabada are the other bowlers to breach the 150-kph mark thus far this edition.
The IPL has witnessed some of the fastest international bowlers line up for franchises across 17 editions. Australian quick Shaun Tait was recorded to have bowled the quickest ball ever in IPL hory. Playing for Rajasthan Royals, Tait bowled a 157.7 delivery to Delhi Daredevils batter Aaron Finch in 2011. Incidentally, Ferguson also holds the record for the second fastest delivery ever in the IPL, with his searing 157.3 kph during the IPL 2025. Umran Malik is the only Indian to breach the 157-kph mark in IPL hory.
Fastest balls of IPL 2025 – As of April 9, 2025

Bowler
Team
Speed (kph)
Match

Lockie Ferguson
PBKS
153.2
LSG v PBKS

Jofra Archer
RR
152
GT vs RR

Kagiso Rabada
GT
151.6
GT v PBKS

Jofra Archer
RR
151.3
PBKS v RR

Mohammed Siraj
GT
149.6
GT v MI

Matheesha Pathirana
CSK
149.6
PBKS v CSK

Matheesha Pathirana
CSK
149.5
PBKS v CSK

Matheesha Pathirana
CSK
149.5
CSK v RCB

Jofra Archer
RR
149.5
GT v RR

Matheesha Pathirana
CSK
149.3
PBKS v CSK

Jofra Archer
RR
149.1
RR v KKR

Matheesha Pathirana
CSK
149.1
PBKS v CSK

Fastest balls in recorded IPL hory

157.7 kph – Shaun Tait
157.3 kph – Lockie Ferguson
157.0 kph – Umran Malik
156.2 kph – Anrich Nortje
156 kph – Umran Malik
155.8 kph- Mayank Yadav

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