Watch: Kuldeep Yadav cleans Markram with a ripper, recreates 2019 magic delivery against Babar Azam

Indian mystery spinner Kuldeep Yadav has once again created magic with his leg spin. Three years after he clean bowled Pakistan ace batsman Babar Azam with his sharp turner, Kuldeep recreated the perfect ball again in the first ODI against South Africa in Lucknow's Atal Bihari Vajpaye Stadium yesterday.

The first match of three-match ODI series between India and South Africa started in Lucknow yesterday. Kuldeep Yadav stunned the South African batsman Aiden Markram by cleaning him up with an absolute beauty.



The magic ball was delivered in the 16th over of South African innings when skipper Shikhar Dhawan asked Kuldeep Yadav to bowl the over. South Africa were put in to bat in the first ODI after showers delayed the start of the game. Reduced to a 40-overs-per-side match, the South Africa openers put on 49 for the first wicket before Shardul Thakur dismissed Janneman Malan and Temba Bavuma in successive overs.

Kuldeep then went on to dismiss Markram with the beauty to leave South Africa at 71/3. In his first over, bowling from over the wicket, Kuldeep, outfoxed Aiden Markram with a sharp turn that spun backward. Markram, who was yet to get off the mark, was on the front foot to defend, like Azam, but the ball sneaked past his bat to hit the stumps. The ball was pitched outside off and at full length, but it turned so much that Markram had no clue how to defend that before his stumps were broken. Markram was so shocked that he left standing for couple of moment.