The 5 biggest bunnies in cricket
In the recently concluded Test series against England, Virat Kohli was dismissed by James Anderson 4 times. In the series, he managed to score only 7 runs against him at an average of below 2! The first time the stylish youngsterscored a run offthe bowling ofAndersonwas in the 4thinnings he played against him. Though evident that Kohli struggled against Anderson, this was not the first instance a batsman has struggled against a specific bowler, and surely not going to be the last.Cricinfo defines a bunny as "Also known as rabbit, a member of the side who cannot bat and is chosen as a specialist bowler or wicketkeeper, and who almost always bats at number 11. It can be used to describe a player who often gets out to one bowler."Today, we look at some of these Bunnies over the years, as to how some batsmen simply could not find a way to play that one specific bowler in an otherwise illustrious career.
#5 Harbhajan Singh vs Ricky Ponting
Harbhajan andPonting were nowhere near best of friends from the time they had something to say to each otherinan ODI at Sharjah in 1998.Ponting has since thenstruggled more against Harbhajan than any other bowler he played against.
On Australia's 2000-01 tour to India, he was bamboozled time and again by theoff spinner,scoringof 0, 0, 6, 0 and 11.
When Harbhajan was interviewedin January 2007 as to why exactly Ponting was unable to play him, the Surd classically replied: "He hasn't batted long enough against me, so I don't know."
Eventually just like all other friendship stories, IPL was the reason these former foes are now good friends. And the media want IPL banned. Sigh!