Watch: Dunith Wellalage produced a peach that turned sharply to beat Babar Azam‘s outside edge and got him stumped in the Asia Cup Super Fours match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Colombo today (September 14).
After an impressive performance against India where he took five wickets and scored an unbeaten 42, young Sri Lankan all-rounder Wellaledge was back in action against Pakistan. He beat Babar Azam, his No. 1 ODI batsman in the ICC rankings, with a beautiful ball.
Pakistan took the lead in the shortened game and lost their opener Fakhar Zaman early due to Pramod Madhushan’s strong hit Later, Abdullah Shafiq and Babar entered into his 64-year partnership, with Wellaraju dissolving his association with Babar.
Wellaledge bowled his fourth over on 16 and bowled one on the last ball of the over. Babar reached out his hand to protect the ball just before the goal, but the ball spun sharply and hit his racket, knocking him off balance.
His back foot briefly popped out of the crease, but by the time he was able to get it back inside Kusal, Mendis had spirited away the bail, adding a big wicket to Wellaledge’s already long list of ODI casualties. added. They also include Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Steve Smith and David Warner.
Babar was out on 29 of 35 balls. Wellaledge ended up with 1 win and 40 losses after nine overs. Due to further interruptions due to rain, the match was shortened to 42 overs for both teams. Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan’s attack in the middle and death overs and finished unbeaten with 86 off 73, leading Pakistan to a competitive score of 252-7 in 42 overs.
Watch Dunith Wellalage get Babar Azam stumped with a sharp turning delivery in the Asia Cup Super Fours match:
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