Shamsi asks Maharaj to practice viral 'Ball of Century' – WATCH video
A spin delivery is going viral on the internet and fans are calling it 'ball of the century'. It even impressed SA spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.
New Delhi: South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi was very impressed with a spin delivery that went viral on the internet. People on the internet are even calling it the 'ball of the century'. Shamsi asked his fellow Proteas spinner, Keshav Maharaj, to practice that delivery.
“We need to work on this ball next week @keshavmaharaj16,” Shamsi tweeted from his official 'X' account, formerly known as Twitter. He also retweeted the viral video. In the video, a bowler during a local league match spun the ball to an extraordinary length and hit the batter clean. The batter and everyone who looked at it were amazed at the delivery.
We have to work on this ball now @keshavmaharaj16 😎😅 https://t.co/GiUcorbg3l
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) February 11, 2024
Recently, Keshav Maharaj-led Durban Super Giants suffered a defeat in the 2024 SA20 League final against Aiden Markram's Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape have won back-to-back SA20 championships after an emphatic 89-run win over Durban's Super Giants at Newlands. After topping the group stages, the Sunrisers put in a clinical performance in the final. Half-centuries from Tom Abell (55) and Tristan Stubbs (56 not out), along with contributions from Jordan Hermann and captain Aiden Markram, who both contributed 42 respectively, saw the Sunrisers post a formidable 204/3.
Partnerships were crucial in the Sunrisers' innings, with Hermann and Abell providing the winning total with a 90-run stand for the second wicket after the early loss of Dawid Malan. Durban's Super Giants captain Keshav Maharaj hit back with a double-wicket over by removing both set batters in Hermann and Abell.
But the Sunrisers showed they had plenty more in reserve as Markram and Stubbs rebuilt the innings before exploding towards the backend with 98 runs off 55 balls. The Sunrisers' bowling unit has been their strongest discipline all season and their seamers certainly stood out on the night.
Dan Worrall (2/15) again set the tone up front with the dismissal of Quinton de Kock early on, before Marco Jansen delivered two hammer blows in the fourth over with the removal of Jon Jon Smuts and Bhanuka Rajapaksa to leave the Super Giants at 7 . /3. Wiaan Mulder tried to recover with quickfire 38, but then Ottniel Baartman (2/17) provided the moment of the match.
He had already dismissed Matthew Breetzke, but it was his inswinger that wrapped the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen onto the first ball off the pads, ending the match as a contest. DSG was on the ropes at 63/5, which left the door open for Jansen (5/30) to storm through and finish the Super Giants tail to complete the back-to-back wins. It was a poignant moment for Jansen after hitting the six that won the inaugural SA20 Championship last season and now claiming the final wicket again this year