Bowlers with unorthodox bowling actions in modern Cricket

#3 Kedhar Jadhav

Kedar Jadhav gets low to deliver the ball.

The part-time wicketkeeper turned all-rounder for India has a unique style of delivering the ball.

With two left-handers Jimmy Neesham and Tom Latham at the crease, and no off-spinners in the playing eleven, it was Dhoni who opted to bowl Jadav during the New Zealand tour of India in 2016 which took everyone by surprise.

But Dhoni being the captain that he was did pull a rabbit out of the hat.

Jadav grabbed eyeballs with his peculiar side-arm bowling action, He ended up picking six wickets in that series against the Blackcaps.

Jadhav has done a solid job for Virat Kohli by running through with overs and also picking up wickets in the middle overs which adds extra support to India's spinning arsenal.

"Jadav never tried bowling in domestic circuits", admits his former Maharastra Ranji team captain Swapnil Gugale.

So, it is very much evident that this experiment to bowl him was one of the unwritten rule in Dhoni's success diary and it seems like it has clicked big time.