10 players who revolutionised limited overs cricket through innovations

#8 Zaheer Khan

The knuckle-ball is a bowling technique adopted from baseball. Some bowlers hold it at the fingertip while others hold it with the surface of their fingernails.

Zaheer Khan mastered that art of bowling knuckle-balls. He used it for the first time in the 2011 World Cup when he cleaned up Michael Hussey in India's quarter-finals win over Australia. After that, he started using the knuckleball frequently in ODIs and T20s.

The deceiving aspect of Zaheer Khan's knuckle-ball was that his arm speed did not change at all and the seam position remained intact. He foxed many top batsmen in the world with his knuckle deliveries.

After Zaheer, Andrew Tye master the art. He used it in Indian Premier League 2017 and in Big Bash League 2016/17 with great success. Tye has an excellent control of the delivery and it helps him pick up a lot of wickets.

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#7 Tillakaratne Dilshan

The Dilscoop was developed by Sri Lankan right-handed batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan. The shot is all about going on one knee to a good length delivery off a medium pacer and 'scoop' the ball over the wicket keeper's head.

In New Zealand, it is called a McScoop because of Brendon McCullum's extensive use of the shot. He is one player in the world who plays it as good as Dilshan.

Considering the risk involved in the shot, most batsmen don't attempt it. But the demand for the modern-day game makes it worth the risk. No captain will ever set a field for this kind of shot and Dilshan used it to his advantage. He scored a lot of runs with his scoop and bewildered some of the best fast bowlers in the world.