Tuesday 18 Jun 2024

Cricket's spin wizards from the subcontinent

ELVIDIO MIRANDA, Via email | MAY 26, 2024, 08:00 PM IST

Who can forget the teasing chinaman that unorthodox S Chandrashekar would bowl that deceptively turned the other way round and got the batsman bamboozled. Narendra Hirwani was a master of spin what with the tossed up delivery that would turn 75 degrees to flummox the batsman. Muttaih Muralitharan was a spin wizard who would toss one up on the rough only to jump and spin and take the outer edge. Another spinner who was menacing was Anil Kumble who turned the tide of the entire match with his wiles. Abdul Qadir was a spinner who could most be considered to be a perpetual machine spinning wizard who would always be on the move throughout the over  he would bowl. One never knows but a spinner may get to bowl the last over and with a combination of the bowling prowess of the above wizards, turn the tide of  the IPL finals? It's not a fanciful thought but one that can happen in T20s even in a tantalizing final over finale. With a combination of the slam and bang and the trickery of a wizard spinner, an upset can always be on the cards.



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