SUNDAY, August 11, 2013
Born on November 24, 1982, Amit Mishra is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm leg break bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. He usually bats number 10 or 11. Mishra is an attacking leg spinner.
Mishra was initially called into the Indian squad for a Test against the West Indies in 2002, but was not selected. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa during the TVS Cup in 2003. He plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.
Mishra made his Test cricket debut against Australia in the Second Test at Mohali (PCA ground) 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.
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-2009 Test tour of New Zealand, but India opted to field only one spinner, and he watched as Harbhajan performed the spin duties alone. Mishra played in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Amit Mishra has been a consistent wicket-taker in all the five editions of the tournament. He has also made best useful contributions in the lower order with his timely cameos.
In season-6 of Indian Premier League (IPL 2013) he took a 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.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. By which margin Australia-A defeated India-A in the match of the ongoing triangular series on August 8, 2013 in SA?
2. For which team Shabaz Nadeem played in Indian Premier League Season-6?
3. How many runs Shubam Khajuria scored in his debut One-Dayer against Sri Lanka Under-19 team?
4. Who has been elected joint secretary of Judo Federation of India recently?
5. Who is Kavaljeet Singh (Bunny)?
Answers of the last week:
1. 9 wickets 2. Pune Warriors 3. 36 runs 4. Spain 5. former J&K First-Class cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Pranav Sharma of Bohri, Talab Tilloo, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Nand Naman,C/o Shashi Kumara SPM, Sub Post Office, Shakti Nagar, Udhampur, Rajat Sharma of Qrt No 543/Type II, GC CRPF Campus, Bantalab, Jammu, Sanjay Dhar from Lane No 1, H No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Jammu, Tushar Mahajan, H No -55, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu and Akshay Koul from Jagti Township, Jammu .
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