WATCH: Mitchell Starc dismisses Yasir Shah with unplayable yorker in Brisbane Test

Dixit Bhargav | 21/11/2019
WATCH: Mitchell Starc dismisses Yasir Shah with unplayable yorker in Brisbane Test

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During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing Pakistan’s tour of Australia in Brisbane, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc bowled an unplayable yorker to Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the 81st over when Yasir didn’t have any answer in front of Starc’s in-swinging yorker. The expression on the batsman’s face after getting out had more or less summed up him being surprised by the delivery.

Yasir played a vital role in taking Pakistan to a respectable total. He and Asad Shafiq stitched an 84-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Before getting out, Yasir scored 26 (83) with the help of two fours.

After Pakistan captain Azhar Ali won the toss and chose to bat, the visitors were bundled out for 240 in 86.2 overs at Stumps on Day 1. Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the 34th over, Shafiq top-scored with 76 (134) with the help of seven fours.

While a 75-run opening partnership between Shan Masood (27) and Azhar Ali (39) laid the foundation for Pakistan, them losing five wickets for 19 runs saw them not banking on the initial advantage.

Starc, who was on a hat-trick in the same over he dismissed Yasir, registered bowling figures of 18.2-5-52-4 to dismiss the opposition by stumps. Known for dismissing lower-order batsmen, Starc stool tall on his potential as he sent back Yasir, Shaheen Afridi (0) and Naseem Shah (7) with the second new ball.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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