Should this Indian spinner's bizarre bowling action be allowed?

It's only one delivery but at 0.23 his arm has clearly reached shoulder height as he is about to let the ball go.

Well that was just a one off ball that he tried. that's not his regular action. He bowls normally

I never said ban it for aesthetic reasons. I said ban it because it's pitching not bowling. His arm doesn't go above the shoulder. That it also looks ridiculous is just an observation of fact (it does), and not cited as an additional reason to ban the action.

I think it's great, and perfectly fine. The batters already have an easy enough time of it in 20/20. If he's good enough to do it well go for it.

it's certainly a very doubtful way of bowling and certainly one I hope the ICC stops in it's tracks pretty quickly. I've no issues with roundarm but this is probably a step too far.

Agreed. I wasn’t referencing at point of delivery. It doesn’t look to me like his arm reached shoulder height at any point at least on one of those deliveries shown. The fact he is further dipping his shoulder is an issue for me as it’s clear what he is trying to achieve. It’s up to the umpire’s discretion to interpret what he is seeing, but it’s entering into unfair play in my mind, the same way it would were the bowler to sit on the bowling crease and sling the ball sideways. The intent is to deliver a low trajectory akin to underarm.

Jeff, I've got a slightly different take on the regulations. I've copied the relevant part from the ICC website below. The key part are the words "the bowler’s arm has reached the level of the shoulder in the delivery swing,". In other words, the bowler has to have his arm at shoulder at some point during the delivery swing, but this doesn't mean they have to let the ball go, with arm at shoulder height. A bouncer for example, would be a delivery where the bowler lets go of the ball below shoulder height, but it would still be a legal delivery. For a delivery to be fair in respect of the arm the ball must not be thrown; and A ball is fairly delivered in respect of the arm if, once the bowler’s arm has reached the level of the shoulder in the delivery swing, the elbow joint is not straightened partially or completely from that point until the ball has left the hand. This definition shall not debar a bowler from flexing or rotating the wrist in the delivery swing.

No. The laws state the arm must reach shoulder height and then must be straight at that point. There is no reference to waist height. The last ball in this video shows IMO that the arm is not at shoulder height. Further to that, the bowler is dipping his shoulder for the clear purpose of lowering the trajectory of the ball; the umpire has absolute discretion to call no ball for underarm delivery if the umpires believes the action to be underarm (unfair).

Geez Huss, a bit harsh

So long as the arm is above the level of the waist it's perfectly legal. Banning it for aesthetic reasons is the worst of all justifications.

If his arm is straight in delivery you can't call it pitching. It's weird but think banning it is a bit harsh.

Don't see why it shouldn't be allowed, except maybe that the ball may not be in line with the sight screen, but why would he do it in the first place? It must be very difficult to control the line with that action, and he would generate no bounce. Malinga had a bit of a side arm delivery but it worked as he angled the ball into the base of the stumps at pace.

Ban it. It's pitching, not bowling. It's also just ridiculous to look at.