Manoj Tiwary made his Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) debut against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), replacing Yuvraj Singh. Before the match, Manoj revealed that he wished to contribute with his bowling as well as with the bat. But no one expected Tiwary to come up with a bowling action like this. His bowling action seemed quite similar to that of Kedar Jadhav. He bowled just one over and went for 10 runs whereas other KXIP bowlers had an economy rate of not more than 8.5 runs per over.
He was introduced in the 8th over of the first innings by Ravichandran Ashwin. Shakib Al Hasan and Manish Pandey worked the ball around for ones and twos. The fourth ball of the over went down the leg side, beating the wicketkeeper KL Rahul as well.
Manoj Tiwary’s new bowling action https://t.co/JQedsjEfKN
— Faizal Khan (@faizalkhanm9) April 26, 2018
It was only a matter of time before Twitterati started trolling Tiwary for his slinging action
After saw Manoj Tiwary bowling action..
Other bowlers:#SRHvKXIP pic.twitter.com/mVy9JLhObl
— Saurabh Manjhi (@saurabhmanjhi_) April 26, 2018
Is this action even legal??
Funny from Manoj Tiwary though..#SRHvKXIP— Vaishali #MI (@vaishali_45) April 26, 2018
Manoj Tiwary is bowling like how Superman flies.#IPL2018 #SRHvKXIP pic.twitter.com/WhPNFXoiot
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) April 26, 2018
With that bowling action, Manoj Tiwary will make even Kedar Jadhav and Lasith Malinga jealous. #IPL
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) April 26, 2018
Why don’t you just throw under arm Manoj Tiwary? Lol #SRHvKXIP #IPL2018
— Chaitanya Somavajhala (@ChaitanSrk) April 26, 2018
Guys stop everything and look at Manoj Tiwary bowling style just new to eyes. @SunRisers #SRHvKXIP
— aarav sharan (@aaravsharan1) April 26, 2018
Kedar Jadhav ruled out of IPL maybe he was giving bowling coaching to Manoj Tiwary that’s very below sea level #SRHvKXIP #IPL2018
— Aman Kamboj (@BeingCriCrazy) April 26, 2018
Manoj Tiwary giving tough competition to Kedar Jadhav. #VIVOIPL #SRHvKXIP pic.twitter.com/brKh9cfOsR
— Tarun (@tarun7sk) April 26, 2018
After saw Manoj Tiwary bowling action.. #SRHvKXIP pic.twitter.com/uHGAkyrIht
— Sutonu Bhattacharya (@STBTalks) April 26, 2018
#SRHvKXIP #IPL2018
Manoj tiwary’s crazy bowling action. Reminds me of galli cricket 😀 pic.twitter.com/6PkgjaPmc8— Bhargava (@bhargava_tweets) April 26, 2018
Kedar Jadhav after seeing Manoj tiwary bowling.#SRHvKXIP#IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/KujN8zHI2d
— Tejas (@tejasd24) April 26, 2018
Manoj Tiwary might bowl like this in his second over pic.twitter.com/LiDeIISyGR
— Short-arm jabber (@mongoos_mande) April 26, 2018
Manoj Tiwary – Kedar Jadhav pic.twitter.com/xQxYp55KEb
— M S Krishna Prateek (@mskp_29) April 26, 2018
Manoj Tiwary bowling action is better than Mallika Srewat thumka
— HARSH (@FcbHarsh) April 26, 2018
Manoj Tiwary is Lasith Malinga with loose motions #SRHvKXIP #srh #kxip
— Bhargav Darekar (@b_darekar) April 26, 2018
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However, Tiwary knew that people will be surprised with his bowling action. He said in an interview with The Indian Express,
“I have developed a unique round-arm technique, that may come handy for the team when required. I am pretty sure that people will be surprised with my bowling performance. I have started bowl with a pretty low round-arm action and it is not easy for batsmen to hit. I have been pretty successful and economical with it in regional T20 tournaments where pitches have been slow. So yes I am hoping to do well with it.”
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Despite Manoj’s comparatively expensive over, SRH could only manage to score 132 runs for 6 wickets in the first innings. While their top order failed, Manish Pandey went on to score his first half-century of the season. Yusuf Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan scored in the twenties, sharing crucial partnerships with Pandey. They had help from KXIP fielders who dropped several catches.
