Who is Dunith Village: Indian cricketers are world famous for playing spin well. But something surprising happened at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday. Surma like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill easily fell into the trap of the unknown Sri Lankan spinner. What was the last ‘mystery’ ball this spinner bowled that got the world class batsman wrong? Who is this bowler who is being discussed everywhere. Let us know.
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The name of this 20-year-old spinner from Sri Lanka is Dunith Velalage. Velalag wreaked havoc with his spin against India in the fourth match of the Asia Cup Super Four. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka introduced him in the bowling attack in the 12th over of the Indian innings. Velalag clean bowled Shubman Gill on the very first ball of his first over to give his team a big win. Gill was dismissed for 19 runs off 25 balls. (AP)
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On the fifth ball of the 14th over of the innings, Dunit Velalag gave a big blow to India by getting the former captain of Team India, Virat Kohli, caught out by captain Dasun Shanaka. Kohli returned to the pavilion scoring only 3 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma was bowled by Vellag with his mystery ball. Rohit was dismissed after scoring a half century. (AP)
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On the last ball of the 30th over of the Indian innings, Velalag made KL Rahul his victim, who was on his way to his half-century. He got Rahul caught out on his own ball for a personal score of 39 runs. Velalleg picked up his fourth wicket in the form of wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan while Hardik Pandya was caught out by Kusal Mendis to pick up 5 wickets. (AP)
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Dunith Velalleg created a sensation with ball and bat in the Under-19 World Cup held in West Indies last year. With his brilliant spin bowling, he took the highest 17 wickets in 6 matches. (AP)
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Vellag also made a splash with the bat in the U-19 World Cup. He then scored a brilliant century against South Africa. Velaleg scored a total of 264 runs. (AP)
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Dunith Velalleg took 5 for 27 runs against Scotland in the U-19 World Cup held in West Indies, while in the match against Australia he took 5 wickets for 28 runs with an innings of 52 runs. (AP)
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Vellalag, who made his Test debut against Pakistan in the year 2022, had taken 13 wickets in 12 ODIs before this match. Apart from this, this young player who made his debut in domestic cricket at the age of 16 has taken 80 wickets in his name in 25 first class matches. (AP)