In a funky video, two men can be seen playing cricket across a swimming pool and things went better when the bowler bowled force bouncer. The bowler chucks the ball, attempting to bounce it off the pool and he managed to do so, but the ball turned into a vicious delivery and smacked the batsman flush on the face.
The batsman, whose attempt to duck out of the way was futile, moves away, holding the side of his face that was hit by the ball while the bowler on the other end can’t stop himself from breaking into a laugh.
Here is the hilarious video:
Chin music!
via TikTok/coachcricxi_cricket pic.twitter.com/W9bFqWMlyi
— Cricket Shouts (@crickshouts) May 23, 2020
The video left cricket fans amused and some hilarious comments poured in. One of the user wrote: “What’s the moisture level of that pitch? Looks a bit green?” “He’s got to be swaying that,” wrote another. “Hahaha kept his eye on the ball all the way,” one user wrote.
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Recalling the Australian pacer, another one wrote: “Brett lee from 04 type stuff.” “That’s a thing of beauty. I loved the bowler’s apology,” another user tweeted.
Cricket has come to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic. Several bilateral series have either been postponed or canceled and even the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been indefinitely postponed. The fate of the T20 World Cup, slated to be held in October-November in Australia, also hangs in the balance.
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Even when cricket does return, the game is expected to undergo quite a few changes in the aftermath of the pandemic. The ICC Cricket Committee, headed by former Indian skipper, Anil Kumble, has recommended a ban on the use of saliva to shine the ball, to mitigate the risk posed by the coronavirus.