5 most underrated Indian spinners

#1 Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra

When Amit Mishra made his debut against Australia in 2008 (in Anil Kumble’s last Test series), it looked like he was the perfect replacement for Kumble. But as time passed, he failed to live up to the expectations and hype created around him.

He played 10 Tests between October 2008 and August 2010 and all of them were in the subcontinent. He picked up 36 scalps during this period. They were decent numbers but his tendency to bowl a couple of bad deliveries in every over meant that India couldn’t bank on him for their overseas sojourns even after Harbhajan was left out.

Mishra’s ODI career also followed a similar pattern as he never truly cemented his place in the side. He has taken 64 wickets in 36 games at an average of 23.62 and boasts a strike-rate of about 30. Thus, it is rather unfortunate that Mishra hasn’t got a consistent run to establish himself.