Umesh Yadav spits fire with his pace. His bouncer whizzes past the ears of the opposition batsmen and reaches the wicketkeeper’s gloves, making a thudding sound. The bouncer is his main weapon as no batsman wants to face it.
However, on the second day of the fourth Test, Nathan Lyon had to taste the flavor of Umesh’s bouncer. Umesh’s bouncer hit Lyon’s head, and he appeared to be in considerable pain.
This incident occurred during Australia’s first innings. Nathan Lyon was facing Umesh Yadav. Here, Umesh tried to trouble the batsman with his bouncer. Umesh ran in and hurled a lightning-fast delivery. The ball was so quick that Lyon couldn’t even complete his shot, and the ball hit his helmet directly.
After the ball hit Lyon’s head, the game was stopped for a while. When the Australian player removed his helmet, a red mark from the ball was visible on his head.
However, the good news is that despite the dangerous bouncer from Umesh, Lyon did not suffer a major injury and was able to continue batting. Nathan Lyon faced 96 balls and scored a total of 34 runs. After that, he got stuck in Ravichandran Ashwin’s spin and was out. Speaking of Umesh Yadav, he proved to be quite expensive in the first innings of Ahmedabad, giving away 105 runs in 25 overs without any success.
