Sri Lanka unearth a right-handed version of Paul Adams in U-19 Asia Cup

Sri Lanka unearthed yet another mystery bowler during the under-19 tournament by the name of Kevin Koththigoda, who bowls like the right-handed version of former South Africa chinaman bowler Paul Adams, who was nicknamed ‘frog in the blender’ for the unique way of contorting his body while bowling.

Paul Adams, the former South African chinaman bowler, was nicknamed ‘Frog in the blender’ as his whole body would contort in a weird way to deliver his left-arm legbreaks. Adams’ action spurred yet another bowler to copy his action. Indian chinaman bowler Shivil Kaushik, who played for Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League, also has an action modelled on him.

Sri Lanka’s cricket team unearthed a right-arm version of Paul Adams during the Asia Cup U-19 tournament in Kuala Lumpur by the name of Kevin Koththigoda. (HT Photo)

Now, there is yet another addition to the ‘frog in the blender’ list. His name is Kevin Koththigoda, an 18-year-old legspinner from Unawatuna, a town near Galle.

However, unlike Adams, Koththigoda is a right-arm legspinner. His action has been a major talking point in the Asia Cup U-19 tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Sri Lanka took on Afghanistan and Koththigoda’s bowling action yielded figures of 8-0-29-1 as Sri Lanka’s U-19 team defeated Afghanistan U-19 by 61 runs.

Koththigoda has had a decent start to his under-19 career and Sri Lanka will be watching this youngster carefully in the coming years.