A video of Pakistan’s leg spinner Yasir Shah firing Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis with a beauty in the first test in Galle is going viral.
The viral video showed Yasir Shah throwing the cherry out of the leg stump. He spins and takes out the right-handed hitter’s stump.
Yasir Shah’s delivery is disputed to be called the “dance of the century”.
Yasir Shah’s Beauty as Shane Warne’s Ball to Gatting… pic.twitter.com/EKNgpZqZl6
— Taimoor Zaman (@taimoorze) July 18, 2022
Kusal Mendis headed back into the pavilion for 76 of 126 balls. He scored limit nine innings.
The viral video of the moment got thousands of likes on Twitter. They expressed their joy with their comments.
Yasira you remind us of Shane Warn
— Ertugal99999 (@Ertugal99999) July 18, 2022
great bowler
— Imran Said (@Imransaeed1110) July 18, 2022
Without a doubt a magical wonderful delivery.
— AbdulKader عبدالقادر (@AbdulkaderMB) July 18, 2022
Sri Lanka has a 333-run lead over Pakistan in the first match of the series.
The hosts were fired for 222. Dinesh Chandimal scored with 76 runs helped by 10 fours and a six.
Left arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi bagged four wickets while Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah dismissed two batsmen each.
Pakistan, in response, was sent packing for 218 with skipper Babar Azam scoring a century. He hit 11 fours and two tops on his way to 119 off 244 balls.
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Prabath Jayasuriya took five wickets. Maheesh Theekshana and Ramesh Mendis dismissed two batters.
The hosts will resume their innings at 329/9 on Tuesday. Dinesh Chandimal is undefeated at 86 in the second inning. Kusal Mendis and starter Oshanda Fernando also made 76 and 64.
Mohammad Nawaz has taken five wickets so far.
