Amit Mishra shares his thoughts on spin bowling

 

India has produced a good number of quality spinners throughout the year but there are very few wrist spinners available and Amit Mishra is one of them. He feels that wrist spin is a difficult craft that can only be mastered with hours of honing the skill sets and also a leader who backs the player in difficult moments of the game.

“Any leg-spinner needs a good captain because when the bowler is under attack, you need that sort of a skipper, who would back you to the hilt and give you that requisite confidence even when you have gone for a few runs,” Mishra told PTI in an exclusive interview. “A captain who basically understands the psyche of a leg-spinner.”

Amit Mishra, who will be seen in action for Delhi Capitals this IPL season in India, has played 68 games across formats for India and one of the successful bowlers in IPL too. Meanwhile, in India barring Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Rahul Chahar, there aren’t many quality leg-break bowlers available too as well.

“In the past 5-6 years, we have had some good leg-spinners but we will get more quality as we get more such bowlers, who have learnt the craft, and share the knowledge of their art with next generation. The passing of knowledge is very important more so for leg spin which an art form is,” said Mishra, who is the second leading wicket-taker with 160 wickets from 150 IPL games after Lasith Malinga’s 170 wickets.

He also opened up on the qualities that need in a good wrist spinner. He said that one should know how to bowl according to situations and also variation is must as well. He even added that the spinner not only has to be a good wicket-taking bowler but needs to play the restrictive role as well if needed.

However, he is gearing up to play in the IPL 2021, starting from April 9.

 

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