Indian bowler in World Cup delivers second best of the century |
India`s Kuldeep Yadav brought back memories of the ball of the century to every cricket lover when his delivery snaked through Pakistan`s premiere batsman Babar Azam`s defence and clean bowled him. The ball of century is pronounced to the ball bowled by Australian spin legend Shane Warne which got Mike Gatting out. In Sunday`s match, Babar Azam, was as clueless in his response to the ball as Gatting all those years ago. The ball curved away from the Pakistani right-hander initially because of the drift and just as it seemed that he had the line covered, the ball spun back viciously to dislodge Babar`s off-stump. Kuldeep`s delivery turned 5.8 degrees, beating Babar all ends up in the process. It was the drift that did it as Kuldeep got a 2.96 degrees of drift to deceive the Pakistan No. 3. Warne had got Gatting with a vicious turn of 14 degrees. With his performance, Kuldeep also helped India continue their dominance over Pakistan in World Cup cricket with an 89 run win under the Duckworth Lewis method at Old Trafford on Sunday. India now has beaten Pakistan 7 times from 7 matches they have played at the world cups so far.
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