Top 5 bowling variations used by Amit Mishra

#3 Top-spinner

The top-spinner has accounted for many of Mishra’s victims

One of the key weapons in the arsenal of a leg-spin bowler is the top-spinner and Amit Mishra is a fine exponent of this delivery. A top-spinner is delivered in the same action as a conventional leg break; however, the difference is that the former is dropped at a shorter length and generates greater bounce and pace.

While playing international as well as domestic cricket, Mishra has benefitted a lot from this variation that he has mastered. In just his 3^rd Test against Australia at Nagpur, the leggie had used a top-spinner from round the wicket to force an edge off Mike Hussey’s bat, which went straight into the hands of Rahul Dravid at slip.