Video: Ashwin v Warne - whose ball was better?

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Warne Aswhin

It's a ripper alright.

Ashwin was India's chief destroyer, taking five wickets on an uneven Nagpur pitch as South Africa stumbled to a first innings total of just 79.

The pick of the lot though, was his so-called "carrom ball" to dismiss Proteas tailender Simon Harmer.

Footage of the wicket has gone viral on social media and prompted comparisons with Shane Warne's famous "ball of the century" to take Mike Gatting in 1993.

Ashwin's ball took a wicked turn off the difficult pitch, went through Harmer's legs and into the stumps.

Poor old Harmer hardly knew what had happened.

 

Where does Ashwin's delivery rank alongside Warney's dismissal of Gatting?

Bearing in mind Warne's ball was his first delivery ever on English soil and the pitch was a lot flatter than the heavily criticised track in Nagpur.

 

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