Suryakumar Yadav has been reported for a suspect illegal bowling action, becoming the fifth bowler to be called in the just concluded Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
Yadav, Kolkata Knight Riders' part-time off-spinner, was reported during his side's defeat in the last night's final against Chennai Super Kings and has been placed on the 'warning list'.
"After all video evidence of the match was taken into account, on-field umpires Rod Tucker and Kumar Dharmasena along with third umpire S. Ravi felt that there was a flex action in his elbow beyond the acceptable limit when bowling during the match," a release stated.
Before Yadav, his team-mate Sunil Narine, Dolphins' Prenelan Subrayen and Adnan Rasool and Mohammed Hafeez of Lahore Lions were also reported for illegal action.
Under the CLT20 Suspected Illegal Bowling Action policy, Yadav may request an Official Assessment from the BCCI Suspect Bowling Action Committee.
If a player receives a report while on the warning list, the player shall be suspended from bowling in any matches organised by the BCCI until such date as he is cleared.
A player suspended from bowling may continue to be selected to play in matches, however he will not be entitled to bowl.
'Saqlain working hard on Ajmal's action'
Pakistan is hoping that their star spinner Saeed Ajmal will have his bowling action corrected before the World Cup as a team of experts was working very hard to ensure that he plays for the national team in cricket's showpiece event.
The senior General Manager (medical and sports sciences) in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Dr Sohail Saleem said that there would be some good news on Ajmal's front soon.
"There is definite improvement in Saeed's bowling action as the team of experts led by Saqlain Mushtaq is working intwo sessions with him every day," Saleem said.
"Saqlain's presence and advice has helped Saeed a lot and the target is to make him ready for a bowling action test before the World Cup," Saleem said.
The PCB has hired Saqlain the former champion off-spinner to help Saeed remodel his bowling action in accordance with the ICC’s new protocol for bowlers.
ICC allows a 15 degrees extension of the elbow while bowling Saeed in the bio-mechanics test went up to 43 degrees.
The off spinner was reported for his action in August after the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
Saleem said that Saeed had bowled with his normal action in the Tests in Brisbane.
"Now Saqlain has been getting him back to basics and has first worked on his action while bowling orthodox off-breaks and will than move onto his action when bowling the 'Doosra'.
Sources at the NCA admitted that it had taken a big effort from the team of experts specially Saqlain to pep up Saeed after he was suspended from bowling.
"Ajmal's morale and spirits were down after his suspension but now his mood is getting better."
Haroon Rasheed who is the director game development in the PCB said that work on setting up the bio-mechanics lab at the NCA was progressing at full speed now.
"Bowlers with suspect actions have been a problem in domestic cricket for a while now but now the Board has decided to deal with his issue very seriously which is why setting up of the biomechanics lab is a top priority now."
