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doosra

noun /ˈduːs.ɹə/

  1. A type of ball, bowled by an off-spin bowler, that, unlike a normal off break, spins from leg to off for a right-handed batsman; the off-spinner's version of the googly.

    His weakness in batting is against doosras.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi दूसरा (dūsrā, “second; other”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry doosra (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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