5 bowlers with unusual actions who faded away

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#4 Debasis Mohanty (India)

debasis mohanty

A bowler based on whose action the ICC designed the logo of the 1999 World Cup, Debasis Mohanty was one of India’s most promising fast-bowlers of the late 90s, who eventually failed to have a fulfilling career.

The lanky pacer took the Indian cricketing fraternity by storm with an unusual bowling action where he landed on the wrong foot after flailing his hands in the air before delivery. Mohanty was reasonably successful when India played in conditions that favored seam bowling, making his last minute inclusion in the Indian squad for the 1999 World Cup, a masterstroke.

However, his deficiencies were exposed under harsher subcontinental conditions where the pitches didn’t offer much to the fast bowlers. Mohanty played 2 Tests and 45 ODIs for India between 1997 and 2001, but ended up losing his spot to more promising players such as Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan.

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