Ajaz Patel bags 10 wickets in an innings; joins Anil Kumble, Jim Laker in historic feat

The
other
two
in
the
most
rare
club
are
England
off-spinner
Jim
Laker
(10
for
53)
against
Australia
in
1956
at
Manchester
and
Anil
Kumble
(10
for
74)
against
Pakistan
at
Feroze
Shah
Kotla
in
1999.
Ajaz
took
10
for
119
in
47.5
overs.

Mohammad
Siraj
was
his
10th
and
history-making
wicket
as
the
Indian
batsman
holed
out
to
Rachin
Ravindra
at
long-on.

At
the
end
of
first
day
on
Friday
(December
3)
Ajaz
had
scalped
four
Indian
wickets.
“This
is
what
the
dreams
are
made
of,
to
be
out
here
and
go
out
there
and
pick
up
four
wickets
on
the
first
day
is
pretty
special,”
he
said
during
a
virtual
media
interaction.

#INDvsNZTestSeries
Mumbai
Born
spinner
created
history
against
India
Remember
the
name
Magician

#AJAZPATEL
Congratulations.
10
out
of
10
WKT????????????????
Bowled
48
overs

#Remarkable
#Incredible
????

pic.twitter.com/qgajye5aIY

—
Ashok
Rana
(@AshokRa72671545)

December
4,
2021

“I’m
really,
really
lucky
to
be
sitting
here
with
four
wickets
and
I’m
pretty
happy
to
be
in
my
hometown.
At
the
Wankhede,
it
was
pretty
special
for
me.”

Playing
in
India
for
the
first
time,
the
33-year
old,
who
had
moved
to
New
Zealand
at
the
age
of
eight,
turned
it
around
for
the
visitors
after
a
strong
start
by
the
Indian
openers.
Patel
first
dismissed
Shubman
Gill
(44)
to
break
a
strong
opening
stand
at
80
and
then
took
the
prized
scalps
of
Cheteshwar
Pujara
(0)
and
virat
Kohli
(0)
in
the
same
over
to
rattle
the
Indian
top-order.

“The
job
is
only
half
done.
We
got
to
make
sure
we
turn
up
tomorrow
and
fight
hard
for
the
remaining
six
wickets.
It’s
quite
evenly
poised
at
the
moment.
It’s
a
big
day
tomorrow.”

“Yes
definitely,
there’s
assistance
there
for
the
spinners
and
we
have
got
a
bit
more
bounce
than
Kanpur.
As
a
spinner,
you
want
to
bowl
hard
and
put
it
in
the
right
areas
for
a
long
period
of
time.
It’s
about
keeping
the
game
plan
simple
and
using
the
wicket
as
much
as
possible.”

Patel’s
fourth
victim
was
Kanpur
Test
centurion
Shreyas
Iyer
as
he
dismissed
him
for
18
to
break
his
80-run
partnership
with
Agarwal.
“For
me,
it
was
really
important
that
even
though
it
was
turning,
I
still
had
to
make
sure
my
line,
angle
and
the
ball
position
was
correct,”
said
the
Kiwi
star
performer.

“From
different
angles,
you
got
different
levels
of
turn,
some
turned
sharply
and
skidded
on.
I
was
looking
to
play
around
with
that
with
the
wicket
being
so
responsive.
It
really
challenged
both
sides
of
the
edge.

“The
reality
of
Test
cricket
is
if
you
put
the
ball
in
good
areas
for
a
long
period
of
time,
you
will
see
rewards
back.
It
was
my
day
today,”
And
Ajaz
made
it
an
even
greater
day
on
Saturday.

It
was
stuff
of
dreams
for
Ajaz
as
there
was
some
of
his
relatives
and
old
friends
too
at
the
Wankhede
to
cheer
him
on.