Watch: Sri Lankan spinner's quirky action goes viral

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka has often produced great bowlers with unorthodox actions, with Lasith Malinga being a prime example. The latest in that list to have perplexed onlookers is 21-year-old spinner Kevin Koththigoda.

Hailing from Galle^[3], Koththigoda's action has been compared to that of former South African spinner Paul Adams^[4] by his coach Dhammika Sudarshana. Koththigoda is playing for Bangla Tigers in the Abu Dhabi T10 league and a video of his perplexing action has gone viral on social media.

#NewFavePlayer Kevin Koththiigoda. Consonant in a blender https://t.co/9EmOBFuNOW

— Paul Radley (@PaulRadley) 1573908935000^[5]

Among the many things is that the action is being called 'frog in a blender 2.0', based on the nickname that was given to Adams.
However, Koththigoda has said that he never saw Adams bowl while growing up and took a look at his action only when comparisons were made.
"From the beginning I was bowling like this, and I never changed through under-13, 15, 17 and 19 cricket in Sri Lanka," he is quoted as saying by The National.
"In the beginning, I was playing with a tennis ball with my dad. From there I began to play cricket, and I have kept this action since," he said.
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References

1. ^{^} Sri Lanka (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Kevin Koththigoda (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} Galle (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} Paul Adams (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
5. ^{^} 1573908935000 (twitter.com)

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