5 unknown bowlers who destroyed the Indian batting line-up in ODIs

The Indian batting line-up may be one of the most feared in world cricket, but there has been the tendency of them producing tame performances every now and then. The most recent occasion came in the first T20I of the 3-match series against Sri Lanka.Making his debut, unknown Sri Lankan seamer Kasun Rajitha rocked the Indian batting line-up by claiming the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane in his very first over. The debutant ended with figures of 3 for 29 and helped his team fold up India for 101, which they chased down with 2 overs left.Indian batsmen have had their own set of issues with bowlers who are unknown quantities for them. There are a number of instances in ODI cricket when a new face has managed to demolish one of the world’s strongest batting units. Here are 5 then unknown bowlers who did the damage:

#5 Henry Olonga (Zimbabwe) - 4/41 at Sharjah

Henry Olonga was in devastating form.

Among one of the many triangular tournaments which were played in Sharjah in the late 90s was Coca-Cola Champions Trophy featuring India, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankans were in poor form at the time and lost all their matches making an India-Zimbabwe final a foregone conclusion.

In what would serve as a dress rehearsal for the final, India and Zimbabwe met in the last group match. Having been put in to bat, the Zimbabweans managed to give India a competitive target of 206 to win the match.

Despite boasting of a great batting line-up, the Indians got off to a disastrous start thanks to a fiery spell by unknown fast bowler Henry Olonga. The Zimbabwe speedster dismissed Ganguly, Dravid and Tendulkar in quick succession to leave India reeling at 28 for 3.

Olonga returned to take another wicket and finished with 4 for 46 as Zimbabwe edged out India by 13 runs. Unfortunately for the bowler, though, he was taken to the cleaners by Sachin Tendulkar in the final as India won by 10 wickets.