Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah surprised Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis on the primary supply of the 56th Over of Sri Lanka’s second innings of the continuing first Test at Galle on Monday. The right-arm spinner pitched the ball outdoors the leg-stump and with some assist from the pitch the ball ended up hitting the highest of off-stump. It left Mendis, who was nicely set at 76, getting utterly squared-up. The batter saved watching the jaw-dropping sight for a second.
This supply by Shah is being in contrast with Shane Warne’s ‘ball of the century’ who had bowled to Mike Gatting within the yr 1993.
Ball of the Century candidate❓
Yasir Shah surprised Kusal Mendis with a shocking supply which reminded the viewers of Shane Warne’s ‘Ball of the Century’.#SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/uMPcua7M5E
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) July 18, 2022
The 36-year-old Shah has returned again to Test Cricket after a yr. He has managed to take three wickets up to now within the innings. Shah has performed 46 Tests and brought 238 wickets at a median of 31.08.
Once hailing Shah in 2015, Australia nice Shane Warne had stated: “I have always been a fan of Shah since the first time I saw him a while ago – probably the best leg-spinner in the world, the way the ball comes out of his hand.
“He wants a bit more drift and bounce and little things that can help. I hope by the end of the series he will be bowling beautifully with a huge smile on his face.”
I’m liking my man Yasir Shah’s power & form on the ball, additionally his over spinner & endurance !! He’s going to take 200 + check wickets 👍
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) November 2, 2014
Earlier within the match, an unbeaten 86 by Dinesh Chandimal put Sri Lanka in a commanding place as they completed 329 for 9 on day three in Galle on Monday. Sri Lanka has a snug 333-run lead and will really feel completely satisfied as no group has chased that many to win a Test match at this floor. The highest profitable run chase in Galle is 268 for 4 by Sri Lanka towards New Zealand in 2019.
