Debutant Yasir Shah thrilled by idol Warne’s tweet

Dubai: Pakistan’s Yasir Shah, the 28-year-old debutant who stung Australia with a spell of three for 66 on Friday, is delighted that legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne praised his bowling on social media.

Shah had modelled himself watching videos of Australian Warne, who is Test cricket’s second-highest wicket-taker of all time with a tally of 708. After the Pakistan bowler’s fine spell on Friday, Warne wrote on Twitter: “I like the look of this leggie Yasir Shah, plenty of energy and nice variations of pace.”

When asked about the tweet, Shah could not contain his joy, saying: “Shane Warne was my motivation. I started bowling leg breaks after watching him bowl on television. A friend of mine sent me a video of Warne from London and I used to watch it every day and tried to copy his action and the way he used to bowl. Warne was a legend and he is my idol.”
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