Shane Watson and Wahab Riaz had a sledding war in the 2015 World Cup, it started here

Shane Watson and Wahab Riaz had a sledding war in the 2015 World Cup, it started here

Shane Watson and Wahab Riaz: One of the toughest collisions between Watson and Wahab Riaz was seen in cricket history. Wahab's bowling spel will be remembered by fans for a long time in the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup.

Highlights: shen watson started sledding when wahhab riyaz came out to bat

Adelaide: 20 March 2015 The quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup between hosts Australia and Pakistan were played in Adelaide. Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc bowled a sharp bowling to reduce Pakistan to just 213 runs. But something happened during Pakistan's innings, which made this match quite exciting rather than one-sided.

Shahid Afridi was dismissed on the last ball of the 34th over of Pakistan's innings, which meant the previous batsmen started coming to the crease. Starc was on his way to the 2015 World Cup and knew that the yorkers were going to have to attack lower-order batsmen. Wahab Riaz was at the crease. He was almost able to save his wicket on such fatal balls, but his bat was not being exposed to the ball. If Riyaz is beat on the ball, the Australian team in his familiar style would bother him by speaking something.

Watson started sledding

The close fielders, while advising Wahab, said, 'Do one thing. Try playing a long shot. ' Wahab's bat was not able to contact the ball well. After a few moments Shane Watson came from slip and said to Riyaz - 'Have you caught the bat?' And from here the thrill of the match started reaching its peak.

Watson and Riaz had a fierce sledding attack, and then there was a great competition with the ball and bat. Fans also got excited and from the moment they started talking about the climax scene of the match.

That fatal spelling of Wahab

Soon that moment arrived. Wahab Riaz began to trouble Shane Watson with his balls. The left-arm fast bowler took the Australian captain to 59/3, taking the then captain Michael Clarke as his victim. From here, it seemed that by taking a few more wickets, Pakistan's team would suppress Australia in their home. Wahab Riaz was running like a lion and then roaring, bowling Shane Watson. Watson was unable to bat on these balls. Riaz beat Watson at his own pace and then clapped in front of his face.

At a speed of 150 kmph, Watson felt like a club batsman. Watson's first 9 balls by Wahab remained empty. The former Kangaroo all-rounder did not look comfortable on the other 12 balls either. If Rahat Ali did not give up that catch, Watson would have lost the battle against the Pakistan bowler. It was the most exciting and best bowling spel of the World Cup. Wahab tasted Watson's own medicine.
Recalling this incident, Wahab said, 'When Watson got down to bat, I wanted to settle the score with him. When I was batting, Watson came to me and said - have you caught the bat? It was wandering in my mind. I wanted to tell them that despite the bat being in hand, it is not easy to hit the ball.