Cricketers of the week - 26th March - 1st April

#5 Nathan Lyon (Australia)

Lyon troubled the Indian batsmen throughout the series

Lyon capped off a fine Test series by picking a five-wicket haul in the fourth Test at Dharamsala which dragged India back from 157 for 2 to 221-6, and India were eventually all out for 332.

The Australian off-spinner picked up the big wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair and Ravichandran Ashwin, in a magical spell of spin bowling that saw him turn the ball and get vicious bounce as well.

It was off-spin of the highest quality and showed how Lyon was one of the best spinners to have toured India. Lyon had blisters on his fingers by the end of the third Test but continued to battle it out anyway.