The final match of Asia Cup 2022 is being played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka (Pakistan vs Sri Lanka)at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 170 runs for 6 wickets. Bhanuka Rajapaksa played an unbeaten inning of 71 runs in 45 balls for the team. He hit six fours and three sixes in 45 balls during his innings. Pakistan's team came out to chase the target of 171 runs and strange drama was seen in the very first over.
In the first over of Sri Lanka's bowling, Dilshan Madushanka bowled 11 balls in his first over. In this over, Madushanka conceded 9 runs without bowling a single legal ball. The video of this over is now going viral on social media. Madushanka, who came to bowl the first over with the new ball, bowled the first ball no ball and Mohammad Rizwan got a free hit. Madushanka then bowled a free hit ball bouncer which due to the extra bounce went over the batsman's head to the keeper, which the umpire declared wide.
The Sri Lankan bowler continued to finish the free-hit even after this and again went wide. The next ball was also wide but this time the four also came. After the first no-ball, Madhushanka bowled four consecutive wides, including a four, and thus Madhushanka conceded 9 runs without bowling any ball. Madushanka thus conceded a total of 12 runs in an over of his 11 balls, out of which only three runs came off the bat. It includes four wides and a no-ball.
Madushanka's over reminded Daryl Tuffy
Before Madushanka, Daryl Tuffy of New Zealand had conceded 12 runs in his very first over against Australia on 26 February 2005. Tuffy had bowled only one legal delivery in the over and had conceded 15 runs so far. There were also 3 wides and 4 no-balls.
