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“Ball of the century”: Twitter reactions on Yasir Shah bowling an absolute ripper to dismiss Kusal Mendis during SL vs PAK 1st Test at Galle

Gurpreet Singh
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"Ball of the century": Twitter reactions on Yasir Shah bowling an absolute ripper to dismiss Kusal Mendis during SL vs PAK 1st Test at Galle

Twitter reactions on Yasir Shah dismissing Kusal Mendis with an absolute peach of a delivery during Sri Lanka’s second innings at Galle.

Sri Lanka might well be at the driver’s seat after stumps on Day 3 as far as the match situation of the ongoing first Test at Galle is concerned, but Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah was discussed almost the entire day for a particular delivery.

On the first delivery of the 56th Over of Sri Lanka’s second innings, Shah pitched the ball outside the leg-stump, managed to purchase significant turn off the pitch as the ball finally ended up hitting the top of off-stump, with a well-set, yet clueless Kusal Mendis (76) getting completely squared-up and watching the jaw-dropping sight.

Fans across the world couldn’t help but term it the ‘ball of the century’ already, with majority of them comparing it with the one that the legendary Shane Warne had bowled to Mike Gatting in the year 1993.

Yasir Shah, who is making a return back to Test Cricket after a year, has managed to scalp three Sri Lankan wickets in the innings so far, with the home side clearly on the driver’s seat at the moment, with a 333-run lead, on a pitch which has assisted the spinners significantly so far.

Twitter reactions on Yasir Shah dismissing Kusal Mendis

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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