Twitter Reactions: New Zealand stumble against Amit Mishra’s crafty leg-spin

Team India secured a win in the fifth and final ODI of the series by a huge margin of a 190 runs as the New Zealanders were rolled over for just 79 runs while setting out to chase 270 runs against Amit Mishra & Co. The Vishakhapatnam wicket for the first time in the series offered real assistance to the slower bowlers in the 50 overs series and we saw how vulnerable the visitors were against quality spin bowling on a pitch that favored them. Indian leg-spinner Amit Mishra was the wrecker in chief as he used his variations superbly well. He bowled a lot slower, mixed up his leg-spin and the googly’s perfectly to leave the Kiwis with no clue. The first wicket he got on the night that of Ross Taylor. He was caught behind of a wider delivery that turned the conventional way. He set up the incoming batsman BJ Watling up and then tossed up a googly he played for the one that turned away while the ball beat him completely and made its way between his bat and pads to strike into his timber. With slips and close-in fielders around Jimmy Neesham chose defense as his option but Mishi once again the gap between the bat and pad and Neesham’s stumps were off their place. His bowling partners Axar Patel and Jayant Yadav found a wicket each and skipper MS Dhoni then brought back his leggie to finish things off. When the top order failed to read Mishra and his well-disguised spin the tail had no chance. Tim Southee was dragged in front but the ball gave his bat a miss and landed in Dhoni’s gloves; one of the fastest hands behind the stumps the Indian skipper dislodged the bails while Southee’s foot was still in the air, that was the fourth wicket and New Zealand were 8 down. He completed his five-wicket haul with the scalp of his counterpart leg-spinner Ish Sodhi who top-edged one to Ajinkya Rahane who was standing in the slips. Also check out- Twitter Reactions: Mishra’s five-wicket haul guides India to a 3-2 series victory over New Zealand This was the second fifer of Mishra’s ODI career, he also finished with 15 wickets in the five-match series and didn’t just bag the Man of the Match but also the Man of the series for his consistent performance right through as Team India won the series 3-2. Here is how Twitter reacted to Mishi’s bowling show in the last ODI: Mishi I think you should always wear ur mums name on ur jersey…see what a mothers power can do?5 for 18 @MishiAmit god bless @BCCI — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 29, 2016 Massive victory. Congratulations #TeamIndia @BCCI. Cheers @MishiAmit on MoM and Series ?? — Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) October 29, 2016 Wonderful spell of leg-spin bowling from Amit Mishra. What a collapse ,last 8 wkts for 16 runs. Great Diwali gift.#INDvsNZ — Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 29, 2016 Welldone @BCCI for winning the series against NZ 3-2 superb spell @MishiAmit ?? 5 for 18 — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 29, 2016 Amit Mishra… when in his element is such a joy to watch! Archetype legspinner.. majestic legspin, biting wrong one, appreciable control.. — Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) October 29, 2016 Congratulations @MishiAmit on the mom and mos awards?Well deserved?Hard work always pays rich dividend?Keep it up mishi? #indvsnz — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 29, 2016 Amit Mishra has dismissed Hindi from Shastri's mouth, well done#indvsnz — Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) October 29, 2016 Sensational. From 63/2 to 79 allout, well bowled @MishiAmit #IndvsNZ — Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) October 29, 2016 Think @MishiAmit might well have said to @anilkumble1074 when he waved to him "Anil bhai, test match?" — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 29, 2016 Well done team India for convincing victory,well bowled @MishiAmit top stuff @BCCI #indvsnz — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 29, 2016 Amit Mishra – The rise of the urban poor#IndvsNZ — The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) October 29, 2016 5 wickets for Amit Mishra on chhoti diwali. If it were Badi Diwali, he would have taken 10 wickets. — Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) October 29, 2016 Great spell of spin bowling ! Congratulations @MishiAmit totally deserve it ☝?️ — yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) October 29, 2016 Nz caught in @MishiAmit 's magic web.. Impressive performance to seal the series — potturi sudhir (@sudhirpotturi) October 29, 2016 Amit Mishra's 15 wickets earn him the nod as the Player of the Series #IndvNZ pic.twitter.com/cFLQHDOv5K — ICC (@ICC) October 29, 2016 Now that's a #DiwaliDhamaka, @MishiAmit you played well. #TeamIndia thank you for giving us another reason to celebrate.#indvsnz #NayiSoch — Bandaru Dattatreya (@Dattatreya) October 29, 2016

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