Rahul Dravid backs BCCI and ICC for crack down on bowlers with suspected actions

Rahul Dravid backs BCCI and ICC for crack down on bowlers with suspected actions: Former Indian captain and mentor of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Rahul Dravid has backed the steps taken by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) to crack down bowlers with suspected bowling actions and ban them till they are remodel their actions and adapt it as per the guidelines. He feels this will also send a message to players and coaches that anything which stretches beyond the permissible limit will not be tolerated and will result in actions being corrected at preliminary levels.

Interaction with journalists said he did not want to name an individual but is in full support of the move, “I don’t want to focus on individuals. But I do support BCCI and ICC in eradicating bowlers with dodgy actions,” Dravid said.

The reporters asked the RR coach for his reaction on the ban imposed on West Indies and Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) spinner Sunil Narine by the BCCI from bowling off-spin in any match organized by the board including IPL. “I support it for a variety of reasons. People talk about these bowlers getting punished, but what about batsmen who face them and whose careers get ruined? What about other bowlers who have clean actions but are sidelined in favour of these bowlers and are then lost to the game,” he said.

Dravid has the opinion that chucking or suspected bowling actions should be checked and corrected right at academies, coaching centers and school levels he said, “We all can see this particular bowler has a different action, a dodgy action. What’s to be done about it? You have to correct him at the junior level. The message has to percolate to the grassroots level of the game.”

He also added that, “There was a time in Indian domestic cricket there were so many bowlers with dodgy action. It’s good that they have now decided to eradicate it. I welcome it,”