5 Bowlers with controversial bowling actions

4. Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

One of the few fast bowlers whose action was always under the Radar. In the mid-90s, Akhtar’s action was the talk in many a cricket programme. That was mainly because of the amount of pace that he could generate. However, like Murali, Akhtar underwent tests and proved that his action was legal, and that there were no chinks in his arm beyond the permissible limit.