5 suspended bowlers who returned after a modified action

Saeed Ajmal

Ajmal was a late bloomer at the international level, but made quick amends and evolved into a match-winning off-spinner with a large repertoire of variations. For three years, he was the number one ranked bowlers in ODIs, troubling the batsmen with his shrewd bowling, especially the doosra.

All this came crashing down when he was reported to be having a suspect bowling action in 2014. He had to remodel it, and seemed to lose much of the previous venom associated with his deliveries.

Ajmal even got into disciplinary problems after launching an attack on the ICC’s stand over illegal actions. The PCB even issued a show-cause notice on him.

Bottom line: Ajmal survived the illegal action saga, but is not the same bowler that he used to be.