From Zampa to Rashid: Googly masters have batters in a spin

They line up as leg-break bowlers but their googlies are doing more than a fair share of damage.

“Everyone knows that Piyush Chawla is coming, he’s gonna bowl a wrong one but still I end up getting wickets on wrong ones, so I am more than happy doing that” – spinner Piyush Chawla had declared after a fine bowling performance for Mumbai Indians during the last Indian Premier League season.

Australia's bowler Adam Zampa celebrates with teammate Josh Inglis after taking the wicket of Netherlands' batter Roelof van der Merwe during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match (PTI)

Adam Zampa could well be making the same statement now, given that he is doing exactly what Chawla does best – bamboozling the batters with the wrong ones