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A '''doosra''' ([[Urdu]]: '''دوسرا''', [[Hindi]]: दूस्रा) (''doo-srah'') is a particular type of [[delivery (cricket)|delivery]] by an [[off spin]] [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] in the [[sport]] of [[cricket]]. The term comes from [[Urdu language|UrduHindustani]] (''do'' means two) and in this context it means "the other one". (Itit literally means "second" or "the second one".). The word has the same meaning in Hindi too which helped it to gain widespread popularity.

==History==