teesra

plural teesras

1. ball gamesA backspin delivery by a finger spin bowler.

   I can ascertain that even in the present era where T20 cricket has redefined spin bowling and spinners have started bowling doosras and teesras and fire the deliveries in, you can expect Bishan Singh Bedi to stick to his original definition, and insist that, 'A spinner is one who turns the ball...'

   2021, Neha Bedi, Sachin Bajaj, The Sardar of Spin