Amit Mishra earns interesting records after his heroic spell against New Zealand in fifth ODI

Amit Mishra's heroic spell has earned him plenty of records to his name and we present some of those.

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It was surely an unexpected spell from Amit Mishra in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) of the series between India and New Zealand at Visakhapatnam. Mishra gave no mercy to Kiwi players and ran through them. This is probably the best way to give another moment to cheer for fans on the eve of India’s holy festival Diwali. New Zealand were looking strong at one stage as they had only lost two wickets after 63 runs but after that, Kiwi team couldn’t manage to handle the spin web from Mishra. In the matter of few minutes, Mishra went on to take five wickets from his spell of six overs with two maidens as well. His heroic spell has earned him plenty of records to his name and we present some of those.

Mishra’s 15 wickets is the joint second most number of wickets by any bowler in Asia in a bilateral ODI series along with Paul Jarvis (ENG) — 15 wickets against India in 1993, Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK) —15 wickets against India in 2005, Abdur Razzak (BAN) —15 wickets against Zimbabwe in 2009. Most wickets in this criterion was taken by Patrick Patterson — 17 wickets against India 1987-88.

15 wickets for Mishra in this series — second most number of wickets by any bowler in a bilateral ODI series against New Zealand. Most wickets in this criterion was taken by Javagal Srinath — 18 wickets in 2002-03 series.

Mishra’s 15-wickets is also the joint third most number of wickets taken by any Indian bowler in a bilateral ODI series along with Sourav Ganguly — 15 wickets against Pakistan in 1997 series. Most wickets in this criterion was taken by Javagal Srinath — 18 wickets against New Zealand in 2002-03 series and Amit Mishra — 18 wickets against Zimbabwe in 2013 series.

18 runs conceded by Mishra during his spell — third most economical spell by any Indian bowler with five or more wickets in an ODI in Asia. Other two were bowled by Stuart Binny — six for 4 against Bangladesh in 2014 and Anil Kumble — Six for 12 against West Indies in 1993.

Most wickets by a spinner in a bilateral series against New Zealand: Amit Mishra —15 wickets in 2016, Shane Warne — 13 wickets in 1993-94 and Sunil Narine — 13 wickets in 2012 and Chris Gayle — 12 wickets in 2002.

Second five-wicket haul for Mishra — second joint most number five-for by an Indian spinner in ODIs along with Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar with two five-for. Harbhajan Singh has most number of five-for in this criterion with three five-wicket hauls.

At the age of 33-years, Mishra becomes the oldest Indian spinner to take five-wicket haul in ODIs. Previous record holder in criterion is Sachin Tendulkar — five for 50 against Pakistan in 2005. Overall, he is at third position in this criterion with former Indian pacer Robin Singh having two five-for in his name at the age of 34 and 35. Both came against Sri Lanka in 1997 and 1999.

Mishra becomes first bowler to take more than 13 wickets in two different bilateral ODI series. In the 2013 ODI series against Zimbabwe, Mishra took 18 wickets.

With this five-wicket haul, Mishra becomes fifth Indian bowler to do that against New Zealand in ODIs after Kris Srikkanth — five for 27 in 1988 and five for 32 in 1988, Anil Kumble five for 33 in 1994 and Manoj Prabhakar five for 33 in 1995.