IPL: Top 5 purchases made by the Delhi Daredevils over the years

2. Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra made his debut for India in 2003, but was unlucky not to play regularly at international level as he was dropped in favour of Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble. Mishra is easily the best leg spinner to emerge from India during the last decade.

He represented Delhi during the first three seasons of the IPL before being bought by the Deccan Chargers in 2011. He then had a homecoming of sorts in 2015 after being bought by Delhi again for 3.5 crore.

Mishra is the leading wicket-taker for the Daredevils with 86 wickets, and has delivered many match-winning spells for them. He also has three hat-tricks to his name in the IPL: one each for the Daredevils, Deccan Chargers and the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The fact that Mishra was played ahead of Imran Tahir in some of the matches during the 2016 season shows how important he was for the Daredevils. The 36-year-old picked up 12 wickets in the 2018 edition as well, at an impressive economy of just 7 runs per over.