Watch: Praveen Jayawickrama, the Sri Lankan debutant who snared 11-178 in the first Test against Bangladesh, has a bowling action pretty similar to Ravindra Jadeja and a left-arm Graeme Swann.
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He returned with the best figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on Test debut, but Jayawickrama became noticed for a few things other than just his stunning returns on debut.
His bowling action was compared to that of Ravindra Jadeja and Graeme Swann, with a Twitter user using a mirror image of Swann’s action to point out similarities.
Watch the comparison of the bowling actions here:
Also Praveen’s action looks a bit like left-handed Graeme Swann. pic.twitter.com/4zNyIfZ6Ji
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