The greatest spinner of all time, Warne, is also renowned for his ‘ball of the century’. In the 1st Test of the Ashes series in 1993, the then 23-year-old Warne took the breath of all cricket fans away.
The ball landed wide outdoors leg but spun so substantially that it knocked more than the off-stump of England’s batsman Mike Gatting. The batsman stood at the crease in disbelief and it took him a couple of minutes to approach what had in fact occurred to him.
Reminiscing the iconic delivery, Chahal stated, “I used to watch all his videos, and especially, the way he bowled Mike Gatting, which is every leg-spinner’s dream delivery, made me feel that even I should get a batsman out like that once. And, I guess that came true during the New Zealand tour when I took Martin Guptill’s wicket. I think that was my special delivery.”