Watch Video: Ball of Century, Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah Cleans up Mendis With an Unplayable Delivery
Ball of Century, Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah Cleans up Mendis With an Unplayable Delivery
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Yasir Shah’s stunning dismissal of Kusal Mendis reminded fans of Shane Warne-like ‘Ball of the Century’.
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Sri Lanka were eventually dismissed for 337 in their second innings.
Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who has returned to the Test side, took fans down memory lane as he produced a Shane Warne-like ‘Ball of the Century’ to dismiss Kusal Mendis on Day 3 of the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka.
It all happened during the 56th over of Sri Lanka’s second innings when Yasir came up with the unplayable delivery. He pitched the red leather well outside the leg stump, which turned big, completely squaring up the batter and hitting the top of the off stump.
Mendis did all he could as he was looking to play the line, but it was literally impossible for anyone to handle that much turn. No wonder the stunning dismissal reminded fans of the popular ‘Ball of the Century’ bowled by late Aussie spinner Warne.
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