what is the difference between doosra and carrom ball bowled by a spin bowler in cricket.And which way the ball turns in carrom ball and doosra?
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Generally, many persons confused about Dosra and Carom ball ,both deliveries are deliver by the use of off-spine,and both of these deliveries looks like leg spin, turning from leg to offside. Usually a player can spot the carom ball very easily but picking doosra is hard, it requires a lot of experience/practice/effort and time .
Carom ball: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrom_ball.
Doosra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doosra
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSgBOiG7eLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi3CYNAfldc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IKWk76Anjk
Normally people get confused about doosra and carom ball, because both these deliveries are normally used by off-spinner and both of these deliveries looks like leg spin, turning from leg side to offside. Usually a player can spot the carom ball very easily but picking doosra is hard, it requires a lot of experience