When it comes to cricket, many people find the almost irresistible. There are instances of the “cricket fever” catching up in the entire country whenever a cricket match or a test series comes up. From little children who play the game in the neighbourhood, cricket is a much sought after game. From the professional point of view, the game has undergone several changes in strategy for bowling and batting. As far as bowling is concerned, there are several strategies such as carrom ball. However, a new type of bowling style is “doosra ball” which is sometimes confused with carrom ball. The “carrom ball” takes its name from the carrom game and in this case, the cricket ball is held in between the index finger and the thumb. This is done by bending the middle finger behind the ball. When the bowler makes the delivery, his middle-finger will snap at the ball, forcing it out at extraordinary speed from his grip, thus making it get released in the same way as striking the striker in a carrom board game.
The idea of a carrom ball in today’s cricket is not new. It was used by several cricketers in the past, from way back in the fifties. Carrom ball is also called the “sodukku ball,” and this unusual style of bowling was reintroduced to cricket by the Sri Lankan player Mendis and later by R. Ashwin. Carrom ball requires a kind of delivery of the ball during a game of cricket which is released in the same way as a striker is struck when people play a game of carrom.

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There are many things about doosra and the carrom ball that are similar because both involve off spinners. Ever so often, both these deliveries resemble a leg spin. While a carrom ball delivery can be read by experienced batsmen, reading a doosra ball is relatively harder. Very well versed cricket player like the Indian cricketer Sehwag, or the Sri Lankan player Kumara Sangakkara will be able to make the most of these deliveries. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the carrom ball can also be hard to read, and several batsmen have a hard time when a carrom ball is delivered to them because the ball is very unpredictable.
On the other hand, the “Doosra ball” is a something quite different (“doosra” means another one); it implies that the off-spinner will bowl the off-spin in such a way as to turn it in the opposite direction. For “doosra ball,” the wrist movement is very crucial, and bowlers who bowl Doosra use their wrist effectively to bowl this special delivery.
Identifying a “doosra” ball is somewhat tricky because cricket players usually look for the revolution of the ball as well as its seams. Great and experienced cricket players are sometimes caught unawares when they have to deal with a doosra ball. The thing about this kind of a delivery is that it looks like a very ordinary off-spin. It is difficult for players to identify a doosra ball eventually the ball gets to the batsmen faster than he expects.