Kevin Koththigoda's awkward bowling action steals spotlight in T10 League

Sri Lankan bowlers have me a tremendous impact on what has been considered as unusual bowling action. First, it was Lasith Malinga's bowling action that h grabbed eyeballs when he h burst on to international arena back in 2015. neless, Malinga went on to have a successful cricketing career as he has featured in four World Cups and he still continues to play for Lankans in T20Is. Well, that was fast bowling department and w, fast forward to 2019 and world has seen a spinner with an unusual bowling action. His name is Kevin Koththigoda.

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Kevin Koththigoda's strange bowling action steals spotlight

You have heard that right. A Sri Lankan leg-spinner named Kevin Koththigoda's awkward bowling action h grabbed everyone's eyeball in ongoing T10 League. Koththigoda represents  Bangla Tigers in T10 League and he was seen bowling with a strange as well as an unusual bowling action during Tigers' match against Deccan Gliators on Saturday. rmally, when a mystery bowler bowls for first time, batsmen have clue about how to tackle and y end up getting bamboozled but it was t case with Gliators batsmen as veteran all-rounder Shane Watson tackled  Koththigoda with ease during his cameo kck off a 25-ball 41. It was t a good game for Sri Lankan leggie as he was only given two overs to bowl where he gave away 22 runs and went wicketless at an ecomy rate of 11. video of Kevin Koththigoda's bizarre bowling action was also posted on social media. Watch it right here.

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Deccan Gliators register a six-wicket win

After winning toss and electing to bowl first, Deccan Gliators restricted Bangla Tigers to 108-5 in ir 10 overs with South African pair of Rilee Rossouw and Colin Ingram playing blistering kcks of 26 and 37 respectively. In reply, skipper Shane Watson led from front as he scored a quickfire 25-ball 41 at a strike rate of 164 which included three boundaries and three maximums as Gliators got home by six wickets on penultimate ball of contest.

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