If there was a collection of two deliveries that explained the hype that has built around Auqib Nabi, Jammu and Kashmir’s 27-year-old right-arm quick, on the domestic circuit, it came in the 63rd over of Delhi’s innings during their Ranji Trophy fixture at the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds on Saturday.

After a wicket with the new ball, Nabi returned for a spell and nabbed Anuj Rawat by moving the ball out to catch the edge of the left-hander. In his next over, he shaped one at the perfect Test length, getting the ball to move away from the right-handed Hrithik Shokeen late and catching his glove. On the next one, he bowled a vicious in-swinger – getting the ball to reverse swing when it was older and softer – that crushed the front toe of debutant Manan Bhardwaj.

To get the ball to move both

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