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IIT Kanpur discovers knuckleball 2.0: This one goes zigzag in the air

With advancing bat technology, ever-shrinking boundaries, and the constantly evolving stroke play of modern batters, bowlers today face the uphill task of constantly enhancing their repertoire to keep up with the rapidly changing nature of the game. Among the popular variations used by the bowler is knuckleball.Back in 2010 during the IPL, Indian pacer Zaheer Khan had coaxed South African pacer Charl Langeveldt to share the secret of the ball that floats, wobbles and finally dips towards the stumps. Other reputed Indian pacers, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, would later make the knuckleball an important weapon in their battle against big strokemakers. Despite borrowing its name from a baseball pitch, cricket’s knuckleball has a different flight and trajectory. Bowled with minimu...