5 instances when great batsmen fought poor form with a big innings

South African run machine Hashim Amla's poor run of form, which had reached its peak in the series against India late last year, has finally come to an end. And Amla chose the best way possible to do it; by hitting a double century.In the last 10 innings prior to his 201 against England at Cape Town, the bearded genius had scored just 150 runs in 10 Test innings without even a single half-century. However, this was definitely not the first occasion when something like this has happened.The past couple of decades have seen instances where some modern-day batting greats coming out of a bad patch with the help of an epic knock. Here are 5 such instances from the recent history of cricket.

#5 Inzamam-ul-Haq - 200 not out vs Sri Lanka at Dhaka

He cracked his maiden double century after averaging 16 in his previous 10 innings.

Iconic Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq remained Pakistan’s go-to man in a crisis situation throughout his career. Even when the burly batsman had troubled times of his own, he knew quite well how to combat his way out of them.

The 1998/99 season saw Inzamam woefully out of form as he struggled at home against Australia and Zimbabwe and also in the 2-Test series in India. He did not play in the Indo-Pak encounter of the Asian Test Championship and flopped in Pakistan’s match against Sri Lanka.

However, Inzamam-ul-Haq had seemingly saved his best for the final as he cracked his maiden double century after having averaged just over 16 in 10 previous innings. His unbeaten 200 off 397 balls helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka and win the first and only Asian Test Championship.