Did Mitchell Starc bowl the fastest ball In history to Rohit Sharma?

The cricket world was left astonished during the opening One-Day International between India and Australia when a delivery from Mitchell Starc was clocked at an unbelievable 176.5 kilometres per hour on the speed gun, 24NewsHD TV reported on Sunday.

The match saw Starc produce a fiery opening spell of five overs against India, conceding just 20 runs and dismissing star batter Virat Kohli for a duck.

However, it was his very first ball to Indian captain Rohit Sharma that sparked global debate.

The speedometer displayed a reading of 176.5 km/h — a figure that would shatter all previous records for the fastest delivery ever bowled in cricket.

Cricket analysts and broadcasters later confirmed that the reading was due to a technical error in the speed-tracking system.

Starc, who usually bowls around 140 km/h, had not actually delivered the record-breaking ball, though the moment quickly went viral on social media.

For context, the record for the fastest legitimate delivery in cricket history still belongs to Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar, who bowled at 161.6 km/h (100.23 mph) against England in 2003 — a mark that remains unbroken even after 22 years.