Former Indian team spinner Amit Mishra himself has admitted that he had fudged his age at the beginning of his cricketing career. Amit Mishra is one of the highest wicket-takers in IPL and his name is taken with great respect in the cricket world. But now he has admitted to fudgeing his age. Mishra said that at one time his career was on the verge of ending, but in such a difficult time, on the advice of the coach, he reduced his age by one year.

Let us tell you, age fraud has been seen in Indian cricket for a long time. Amit Mishra is currently playing for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League and he himself revealed that when he was young, it was not his coach who reduced his age by one year.

Amit Mishra said on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast, ‘I would like to tell you that my age was also reduced by one year and this was done by my coach. I had no idea about it at all. My coach called me home and asked me for one more year. It was really an emotional story. I myself was surprised and said how? He told me that from now on you are one year younger and you have 2 more years. I also agreed to this.’

Amit Mishra made a big revelation about his conversation with Rohit Sharma

In IPL, Amit Mishra plays for Lucknow Super Giants, on the other hand, Rohit Sharma has been playing for Mumbai Indians. During IPL 2024, a video surfaced in which Rohit Sharma asked Amit Mishra about his age. At that time, Mishra told his age as 41 years and Rohit could not believe that he was only 3 years younger than him. Mishra also talked on this subject and said that his debut had happened a long time ago, so Rohit was not able to believe his age.

Let us tell you, 41-year-old Amit Mishra has played 22 Tests, 36 ODIs and 10 T20 matches for the Indian cricket team. He has 76 wickets in Tests, 64 wickets in ODIs and 16 wickets in T20s. Mishra is one of the most successful bowlers in IPL. Amit Mishra has played 162 matches in IPL since 2008, in which he has taken 174 wickets while bowling at an economy of 7.37.