Yusuf Pathan’s innings best I’ve ever seen: Shane Warne

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Shane Warne rates the Yusuf Pathan blast as the best innings ever he has watched. “I have watched a lot of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara knocks. This was the best I have seen,” said the Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain, on the fastest IPL hundred, rattled up in 37 balls.



Mumbai Indians became the first team in IPL 2010 to face the Pathan test. Many other bowlers will face the heat when the RR blaster takes the battle into rival camps. Sachin Tendulkar tried out six bowlers, made repeated field changes to make the batsman think.

Bowlers and fielders are aware now that Pathan does not spend too much time thinking at the crease, for him batting is an expression of power in his shoulders and instinctive assessment of length. The knock

was just another delightful day at work for the blaster.

He warmed up for action against Bangladesh spinner Ali Murtuza, hitting three sixes, then doused R Sathish’s enthusiasm with two sixes, four boundaries in one over as RR’s main hope raced to 53 off 21 balls. Tendulkar put fielders on the ropes as Ryan McLaren steamed in. Pathan stretched and glided the ball to the fence at third-man.

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