Amit Mishra is also one of the best spinners to have ever played in the IPL. He has a lot more test match experience as compared to Piyush Chawla. He has played 22 Test Matches for India. In those Matches he has taken 76 Wickets at an average of 35.72. He has also taken 1 Five Wicket Haul in Test Cricket. He has also played 36 ODIs and he has taken 64 Wickets. He has 2 Five Wicket Hauls and 4 Four Wicket Hauls in ODI Cricket. In the IPL he has played 161 Matches in which he has taken 173 Wickets.
Let’s take a look at the Top 5 Best Bowling Performances of Amit Mishra
1) 6/48 vs Zimbabwe (2013)
This is the best bowling performance in the career of Amit Mishra In international cricket. He took 6 wickets in this innings against a good Zimbabwe Team. He was bowling in the first innings of this ODI Match. He bowled 8.5 overs in which he gave away 48 runs but he took 6 wickets. He did not allow the Zimbabwe batters to settle down and it was due to him that they were only able to make 163. India won this match by 7 Wickets.
2) 5/18 vs New Zealand (2016)
This is one of the most one sided India vs New Zealand ODIs of all time. This was the last ODI match in the career of Amit Mishra and he went out with a bang. New Zealand were chasing a modest total but they totally fell apart and Amit Mishra destroyed them. He bowled only 6 overs in this innings and he took 5 Wickets for just 18 runs. He gave away only 3 runs per over. This was the perfect way to end the career in ODIs. India won this match by a whopping 190 runs.
3) 5/71 vs Australia (2008)
This was the first innings in his first test match and it was against Australia. This Australian team had Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke etc. Amit Mishra absolutely stole the show as in the 26.5 overs that he bowled in this innings h e took his first and only 5 Wicket Haul in Test Cricket. This was the perfect start for his Test Career. He gave away less than 3 runs per over. As a result of his incredible performance, India won this test match by 320 runs.
4) 5/17 vs Deccan Chargers (2008)
This was only the third IPL match in the career of Amit Mishra. He was playing against Deccan Chargers who had Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, Rohit Sharma. Amit Mishra made a statement as he took 5 Wickets in the 4 overs that he bowled in this match. He only gave away 17 runs which is just over 4 runs per over. Amit Mishra had arrived in IPL cricket. He took an IPL hat trick in this match. He would go on to take 2 more. He won the match for Delhi Capitals.
5) 4/9 vs Kings X1 Punjab (2011)
This was the second IPL hat trick in the career of Amit Mishra. This was in a match against Kings XI Punjab. He was playing for the Deccan Chargers in 2011. He bowled 4 overs and he only gave away 9 runs which is just a little more than 2 runs per over and that is mind boggling in a 20 overs match. He did not allow Kings X1 Punjab to make more than 116 In this innings. Deccan Chargers won this match by a massive 82 runs. Amit Mishra was proving to be a match winner.
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