Champions Trophy 2017

Are Ashwin and Jadeja declining ODI forces?

Jun 19, 2017: India's two leading spinners took only five wickets between them in the Champions Trophy, but is that a surprise considering how little one-day cricket they have played recently?

The IPL list

Long lost brothers and early birthday gifts

May 4, 2017: The best, the worst and everything in between from the past week in the IPL

Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2017, Delhi

Being a young team, we played like one - Nair

May 3, 2017: Delhi Daredevils stand-in captain Karun Nair lauded the team's fearless approach that reaped dividends as they gunned down a target of 186 with five balls to spare

IPL 2017

All-time IPL XI : The spinners

Apr 22, 2017: Pick your two spinners for our all-time IPL XI and help put together the team with our panel of experts

Countdown: 1 day to go

The best bargains

Apr 4, 2017: Big money is spent at every IPL auction, but many players, bought for lesser amounts, have proven to be just as effective

Countdown : three days to go

Icemen at the death

Apr 2, 2017: Bowlers have often got the short shrift in the IPL. This countdown winds the clock back to ten near-miraculous death overs from some of the tournament's best

Countdown : 21 days to go

IPL's hat-trick heroes

Mar 15, 2017: Hat-tricks in cricket are the bastion of specialist bowlers and usually come in match-winning causes, but the IPL has thrown up outliers on both counts

Bangladesh in India 2016-17

Kuldeep Yadav replaces injured Mishra

Feb 7, 2017: Left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav has replaced the lespinner Amit Mishra for the one-off Test against Bangladesh, which begins in Hyderabad on Thursday

England in India 2016-17

Mishra, Rasool added to India's T20 squad

Jan 23, 2017: India have added legspinner Amit Mishra and offspinner Parvez Rasool to their squad for the three T20s against England, choosing to rest their first-choice spin pair of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja for the series

ODI bowling nominees

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Jan 10, 2017: Four players from a certain team feature in our shortlist of the best ODI bowling performances of 2016

England in India 2016-17

Back-ups for Dhoni, and India's spin puzzle

Jan 6, 2017: Yuvraj Singh's return to international cricket will understandably be the talking point from the India selection for the limited-overs series against England, but here are the other - smaller - talking points

India v New Zealand, 5th ODI, Visakhapatnam

'I always see how I can become a wicket-taking bowler' - Mishra

Oct 29, 2016: Legspinner Amit Mishra has said he prepares himself to give more than 100% whenever an opportunity comes

India v New Zealand, 5th ODI, Visakhapatnam

Amit Mishra's five-for seals series against New Zealand

Oct 29, 2016: Amit Mishra, India's leg spinner, foxed New Zealand's batsmen by claiming a five-for that helped the hosts thrash their opponents by a massive 190-run margin in the fifth and final ODI of the series played in Vishkhapatnam on Saturday.

India v New Zealand, 5th ODI, Visakhapatnam

Mishra five-for rolls New Zealand over for 79

Oct 29, 2016: Choosing to bat first and picking three frontline spinners on a slow turner, India overwhelmed New Zealand by 190 runs in the deciding fifth ODI in Visakhapatnam, with Amit Mishra picking up five wickets to send the visitors crashing to 79 all out

India v New Zealand, 4th ODI, Ranchi

The challenges Amit Mishra faces

Oct 25, 2016: Given another chance because key Test bowlers are resting, he has shown he has the x-factor a legspinner brings, but needs to improve as a fielder and a batsman

India v New Zealand, 3rd ODI, Mohali

Mishra impressed by India's new-look bowling attack

Oct 22, 2016: The only specialist bowler over 30 in the ODI squad playing against New Zealand, Amit Mishra has enjoyed how they have had several plans in place before going out onto the field

President's XI v Indians, 2nd day

Variations help Mishra find success on 'difficult' Basseterre track

Jul 11, 2016: Legspinner Amit Mishra has said he was very pleased with his showing on a difficult track in India's warm-up game against West Indies Cricket Board President's XI in Basseterre

West Indies Cricket Board President's XI v Indians, Basseterre, 2nd day

Hope hits ton, Mishra takes four in draw

Jul 10, 2016: Amit Mishra's figures of 4 for 67 and Shai Hope's unbeaten 118 highlighted the second day of the Indians' drawn warm-up match against West Indies Cricket Board President's XI in Basseterre

West Indies Cricket Board President's XI v Indians, Basseterre, 1st day

Rahul, Dhawan, Rohit start with fifties

Jul 10, 2016: Rohit Sharma and openers Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul started the six-week long tour of the West Indies with fifties against West Indies Cricket Board President's XI in Basseterre, as the Indians accumulated 258 runs in 93 overs

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2016, Hyderabad

Amit Mishra unveils deadly new variation

May 12, 2016: In a season where spinners are fighting for survival, Amit Mishra has adapted with his variety. On Thursday night, he unfurled a cross-seam ball bowled like a medium-pacer to topple Sunrisers Hyderabad