In Hindi and Urdu, doosra means "second" or "other". Put simply, the it is the off-spinner's version of the googly. Over the past five years, the world's top off-spinners have developed the doosra to ...

Spinners developed the doosra and the carrom ball amongst methods to get more tactful, while pace bowlers relied more on swing and their wrist positions to get the ball to do their bidding.

The “doosra” said, “In fact why have bowlers at all, just get those ‘ball throwing’ machines like they have in tennis.” “Yes I agree,” said the knuckleball, “why do they need ...