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{{short description|Indian cricketer (born 1982)}}
{{other people}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =  Amit Mishra
| caption = 
| country = India
| internationalspan = 2003–2017

| fullname = 
| nickname = Mishi
| birth_date =  {{birth date and age|1982|11|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[leg break]]
| role = Bowler
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 17 October
| testdebutyear = 2008
| testdebutagainst = Australia
| testcap = 259
| lasttestdate = 20 December
| lasttestyear = 2016
| lasttestagainst = England
| odidebutdate = 13 April
| odidebutyear = 2003
| odidebutagainst = South Africa
| odicap = 151
| lastodidate = 29 October
| lastodiyear = 2016
| lastodiagainst = New Zealand
| odishirt = 99
| T20Idebutdate = 13 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2010
| T20Idebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| T20Icap = 33
| lastT20Iagainst = England
| lastT20Idate = 1 February
| lastT20Iyear = 2017
| T20Ishirt = 99
| club1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2000/01–2023/24}}
| club2 = [[Delhi Daredevils]]
| year2 = 2008–2010
| clubnumber2 = 99
| club3 = [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]]
| year3 = 2008/09
| club4 = [[Deccan Chargers]]
| year4 = 2011–2012
| clubnumber4 = 99
| club5 = [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]]
| year5 = 2013–2014
| clubnumber5 = 99
| club6 = [[Delhi Capitals]]
| year6 = 2015–2021
| club7 = [[Lucknow Super Giants]]
| year7 = 2023–2024
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 22
| runs1 = 648
| bat avg1 = 21.60
| 100s/50s1 = 0/4
| top score1 = 84
| deliveries1 = 5,103
| wickets1 = 76
| bowl avg1 = 35.72
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/71
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 36
| runs2 = 2
| bat avg2 = 4.80
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 2
| deliveries2 = 1,648
| wickets2 = 64
| bowl avg2 = 23.60
| fivefor2 = 2
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/48
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| column3 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches3 = 10
| runs3 = 0
| bat avg3 = 0.00
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 0
| deliveries3 = 228
| wickets3 = 16
| bowl avg3 = 15.00
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/24
| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches4 = 152
| runs4 = 4,176
| bat avg4 = 21.75
| 100s/50s4 = 1/17
| top score4 = 202[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 30,843
| wickets4 = 535
| bowl avg4 = 29.17
| fivefor4 = 21
| tenfor4 = 1
| best bowling4 = 6/66
| catches/stumpings4 = 77/–
| date = 4 October
| year = 2024
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31107.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''Amit Mishra''' ({{audio|Amit Mishra.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 24 November 1982) is a former Indian [[cricket]]er. He is a right-arm [[leg-break]] bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] in the domestic [[Ranji Trophy]] and for the T20 franchise [[Lucknow Super Giants]] in the [[Indian Premier League]]. He has represented [[India national cricket team|India]] in Test, ODIs and T20s. Mishra was a member of the Indian team that won the [[2013 ICC Champions Trophy]].

==International career==
===Test career===
Mishra was initially called into the Indian squad for a Test against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in 2002, but was not selected. Mishra made his [[Test cricket]] debut against Australia in the Second Test at Mohali (PCA stadium) after captain and first-choice leg spinner [[Anil Kumble]] was injured. He took 5 wickets for 71 runs in Australia's first innings and then 2/35 in the second, making him the leading wicket-taker in the match as India proceeded to a decisive victory.<ref name="espncricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/345670.html |title=2nd Test: India v Australia at Mohali, Oct 17–21, 2008 |access-date=2011-12-18 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Despite this, Indian coach [[Gary Kirsten]] said that Mishra would be dropped if Kumble recovered for the Third Test. However, [[Harbhajan Singh]] was injured so Mishra retained his place when Kumble came in. Kumble was then injured during the Test and retired, leaving Mishra as India's first-choice Test leg spinner.

Mishra was selected for the early-[[Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2008–09|2009 Test tour of New Zealand]], but India opted to field only one spinner, and he watched as Harbhajan performed the spin duties alone. India's next Test was not until November 2009. Mishra took only one wicket in the high-scoring drawn First Test and was dropped for the Second Test in favour of [[left arm orthodox spin]]ner [[Pragyan Ojha]], who retained his position for the Third Test as the second spinner.

Mishra was recalled for the tour of Bangladesh and played in the First Test in Chittagong as the only spinner after Harbhajan suffered an injury. He made 50 in the second innings as a night-watchman and took seven wickets. However, he was once again dropped in the next Test for Ojha.

Later in the [[Indian cricket team in England in 2011|India's tour of England in 2011]] he got his highest score ever in the last test match of 84. Mishra was included in the squad for [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 2016|India's 2016 tour of West Indies]]. He played two tests and picked up six wickets.

==Limited over career==
Mishra made his [[One Day International]] (ODI) debut against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] during the TVS Cup in 2003. Mishra played in the [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy]] in [[South Africa]].

At the start of the [[Bangladesh]] tour, Mishra played in two ODIs against [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]] in a triangular tournament after Harbhajan was rested for the final two round-robin matches. He has been recalled for one day series against Zimbabwe July 2013. He won man of the match award for his 4/47 bowling against Zimbabwe in 3rd ODI played on 28 July 2013.

Mishra managed to get most wickets by any bowler in a 5-match series or tournament against Zimbabwe July 2013. The spinner also equalled Indian bowling great [[Javagal Srinath]]'s world record for the most wickets in a bilateral ODI series with 18 wickets. Srinath managed his feat in 7 matches so Mishra equaled the record in fewer matches.

Mishra bowled a fine spell for two wickets against Pakistan in the 6th match of [[2014 Asia Cup|Asia Cup]] on 2 February 2014. Mishra's bowling figures of 2 for 28 from his 10 overs were the sixth best economical bowling figures in Asia Cup history (bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 10 overs are only considered).<ref>{{cite web|author= Sarath |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/stats-best-economy-rates-asia-cup |title=Stats: Best economy rates in the Asia Cup|date=3 March 2014 |publisher=Sportskeeda }}</ref> He was selected in the 2nd XI of the 2014 ICC World T20 Cup by ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/world-t20/content/story/735589.html|title=Power, pace and spin: The team of the tournament}}</ref>

Mishra was included in the squad for [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 2016|India's 2016 tour of West Indies]]. He took three wickets in one of the two T20I games, taking his career-best 3/24 in it. In [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 2016–17|New Zealand's 2016–17 tour of India]], he was included in the ODI side. He took 15 wickets in the five games, which included 5/18 in the final game that helped India win the series 3–2, and was awarded the Player of the Series.<ref>{{cite news|title=India vs New Zealand: Amit Mishra shines brightest among big stars|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-vs-new-zealand-amit-mishra-shines-brightest-among-stars-3729046/|access-date=30 October 2016|work=The Indian Express|date=29 October 2016}}</ref>

He was the leading wicket-taker for Haryana in the [[2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy]], with sixteen dismissals in nine matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12591;team=1808;type=tournament |title=Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2018/19 – Haryana: Batting and bowling averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>

==IPL career==
On 17 April 2013 in season 6 of [[Indian Premier League]] ([[IPL 2013]]) he took a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] playing for [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] against [[Pune Warriors India]] and with this hat-trick, he became the first player in IPL history to take three hat-tricks. He has previously taken hat-trick in [[IPL 2008]] playing for [[Delhi Daredevils]] against [[Deccan Chargers]] and then again in [[IPL 2011]] playing for [[Deccan Chargers]] against [[Kings XI Punjab]]. For his performances in 2013, he was named in the ESPNcricinfo IPL XI.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Binoy |first1=George |title=The team of the tournament |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2013-team-of-the-tournament-638043 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 September 2023 |date=27 May 2013}}</ref>

Mishra suffered a finger injury during DC's win over KKR in Sharjah. Mishra bowled only 2 overs before walking off the field.<ref name=nem>{{Cite web|date=20 April 2021|title=IPL 2021: Amit Mishra becomes Rohit Sharma's biggest nemesis as DC bowler gets MI captain for 7th time|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/ipl-2021/story/dc-vs-mi-amit-mishra-dismisses-rohit-sharma-for-record-7th-time-1793186-2021-04-20|access-date=2021-08-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> Mishra has now dismissed Rohit Sharma the most number of times in IPL Mishra equaled Zaheer and Sandeep's record for dismissing a batsman most number of times in IPL.<ref name=nem/>

He played for Delhi Daredevils in [[IPL 2015]], [[IPL 2016]], and [[IPL 2017]]. In January 2018, he was bought by the [[Delhi Daredevils]] in the [[List of 2018 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2018 IPL auction]].<ref name="IPL2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22218394/ipl-2018-player-auction-list-sold-unsold-players |title=List of sold and unsold players |access-date=27 January 2018 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He was retained in [[2019 Indian Premier League|2019 IPL]]. In the 2020 IPL, Mishra started well, taking 3 wickets at an economy rate of 7.20, before a finger injury ended his tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30044918/ipl-2020-delhi-capitals-amit-mishra-ruled-due-hand-injury|title = Amit Mishra ruled out of IPL 2020 with finger injury|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>

Mishra is the seventh highest wicket taker in [[Indian Premier League]] history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Premier League records – Most wickets |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/bowling-most-wickets-career/indian-premier-league-117 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>

==2015 Sexual Assault Allegations==
In 2015, Mishra was accused and later arrested as a suspect in a sexual assault case filed. He was granted bail shortly after.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/979940/indian-cricketer-amit-mishra-arrested-on-women-assault-charges | title=Indian cricketer Amit Mishra awarded bail in women assault case | date=27 October 2015 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31107}}
*Unlucky [https://cricketandcricketer.com/amit-mishra/ Cricketer]

{{India Squad 2013 ICC Champions Trophy}}

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