3 iconic players who changed cricket forever

#2 Shane Warne

Shane Warne

Spin bowling is pure art, one that is very hard to master. However, it seemed like a cakewalk for a certain blonde cricketer from Australia. To call Shane Warne a magician with the ball would be an understatement. The ball, once released from Warne's hand, could do things that other spinners wouldn't even think of attempting.

Warne is the most intelligent bowler ever to have graced the game itself. His idea of the opposition batsman's choice of shots, technique, temperament, skillset, and aggressive nature was unparalleled. He was so ruthless with his planning that he used to have fun destroying the careers of even accomplished batsmen

Warne bowled the ball of the century in 1993 in his first ever Ashes series. In a game that was invented more than a century ago, nobody bowled a ball that could even come close to that special delivery to Mike Gatting. He bowled many incredible deliveries bamboozling and deceiving even technically strong batsmen like Richie Richardson and Andrew Strauss.

When Warne hung up his boots for the final time in his career, he had already revolutionized the game of cricket with his exceptional spin bowling and made it an inseparable part of cricket. And he did that with great panache!

Warne finished his career with 708 Test wickets and 293 ODI wickets. Undoubtedly, he was a once-in-a-century type of cricketer.