Bowling techniques are difficult to understand. Bowlers must have talent and practice to maintain consistency in their performances when using proper bowling techniques. Some bowling techniques are difficult to master. Previously, a few bowlers with exceptional muscle memory demonstrated a variety of bowling actions.
Bowling actions and run-ups are underappreciated in cricket since they might influence a batsman’s psyche. Having a distinctive or strange bowling motion may sometimes help a player get the best of a batter. At the same time, if he depends only on his eyesight to trouble the batter, he risks becoming predictable. But many great cricket bowlers have acquired fame for their odd bowling actions over the game’s history. With their bewildering action and faultless precision, they have become a worldwide sensation.
Such is the excitement that a bowler with an unusual bowling motion might cause. So, here are a few Bowlers that have gotten a lot of attention for their bizarre bowling actions:
1. Sohail Tanvir
Sohail Tanvir’s bowling motion was originally known as the ‘pankha’ action. The left-arm pacer bowls with a rapid arm motion that gets up on the bat so swiftly that the batsman in the crease has very little time to react. He has had a lot of success in T20 cricket because of his unconventional approach.
2. Paul Adams
Who hasn’t heard of Paul Adams? He is regarded as one of the creators of unusual bowling techniques. With his head up to the heavens and bowing down at the final stride of the motion, South African spinner Paul Adams performed one of the strangest moves in international cricket.
3. Shivil Kaushik
Thanks to the IPL, an Indian spin bowler drew attention with his unorthodox bowling action, much like Paul Adams. Batsmen find it tough to read his motion since it is so unorthodox. In the last Indian Premier League season of Gujarat Lions, he was its part.
4. Spider-Man
The identity of this bowler is still unknown. However, the guy who just shattered the Internet is without a doubt the oddest of them all.
A Very Unique Action … 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/i2QNOCNsJq
— Taimoor Zaman (@taimoorze) September 21, 2017
5. Muttiah Muralitharan
Murali was not only a legend in his own way, but he also had an unusual bowling movement. The batter tended to throw up the wicket because of his unique bowling motion, which was matched with an odd facial expression. Despite being hauled up by the ICC on multiple occasions, he remained a match-winner until his final encounter.
6. Abdul Qadir
Abdul Qadir, one of Pakistan cricket’s finest spinners, was a success with his wrist spin in the 1970s and 1980s. Qadir utilized a straight arm movement to bowl a range of deliveries that left the batsman perplexed at the crease. Apart from being smashed by a 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar in Pakistan in 1989, Abdul Qadir was known for having a unique bowling motion.
7. Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga, often known as ‘The Slinga,’ is a Sri Lankan cricketer who possesses a round arm motion and can frequently outsmart the opposition batsmen with either a slower or a fastball. This Sri Lankan is one of the finest death over bowlers in the world, with a distinctive bowling action.
8. Kamran Khan
Kamran Khan of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) was one of the cash-rich Indian Premier League’s success stories. After being discovered by RR scouts in 2009, he was introduced to the big stage. We have good memories of this former Rajasthan Royals bowler. To learn why watch this video.
9. Debashish Mohanty
In the late 1990s, Mohanty posed a threat to Pakistan’s batting order. More so because of his unique energetic bowling movement. He was a bowler who would leap into the air and twist his wrist. His movement had a lot of velocities and late swing, so the batsman stayed in his crease.
10. Jasprit Bumrah
Yorker King is a common nickname for Jasprit Bumrah. We’re used to his unusual bowling style now that he’s India’s frontline bowler and also the world’s number one according to ICC rankings. His hands would move around like tentacles of an octopus, but this did not affect his bowling speed, line, or length.
11. Colin Croft
He is one of the West Indies legends. He didn’t exactly have a stellar track record but his bowling movement was the one thing that got people’s attention. Croft’s bowling motion had him forming an angle at the crease and then releasing the ball inwards, practically leading the batsman to the stumps.