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Ajaz Patel: The 2d ‘Indian’ to ranking all-10 wickets in an innings in a Test match, know all about him right here

Sleek Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel created historic previous on Saturday (December 4) within the metropolis of his birth – Mumbai – by changing into ideally suited the third bowler within the historic previous of cricket to ranking all 10 wickets in an innings after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble. Born within the suburbs of Jogeshwari in Mumbai, Ajaz modified into born to a Gujarati family along with his father Yunus working in a modest refrigeration industrial.

Ajaz’s family shifted to Sleek Zealand at a younger age when his complete family migrated to NZ in 1996, where the teenager encouraged by his uncle Sayeed Patel enrolled into the Suburbs Sleek Lynn Cricket Membership in Auckland – where his cricketing walk began. First and most most notable, Ajaz wanted to be a rapid bowler however frail Sleek Zealand spinner Dipak Patel told him to receive up run as one more and he became into a left-arm spinner.

Ajaz’s success in world cricket has been constructed around a solid domestic unpleasant. He modified into the ideally suited wicket-taker in first-class cricket in Sleek Zealand for three years sooner than he got called into the nationwide facet in July 2018. He modified into the essential particular person of Central Stags’ title-a success performance that one year with 48 wickets at an moderate of fair 21.52.

Jim Laker


Anil Kumble


Ajaz Patel

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— ICC (@ICC) December 4, 2021

Ajaz became ideally suited the fifth Indian-foundation cricketer to play for Sleek Zealand since Ted Badcock, Tom Puna, Ish Sodhi and Jeet Raval. Ajaz performed for Auckland ‘A’ with out out of the ordinary fair right fortune and when he moved to Central Districts, making his debut for them in 2012.

Ajaz saved performing for Central Districts, picking up 16 5-wicket hauls and three 10-wicket match hauls. 2018 modified into a huge one year for the spinner as he executed because the leading wicket-taker in Plunket Defend – 48 wickets in 9 games.

Ajaz modified into awarded with the males’s Domestic Player of the Year. Whereas his maiden game for Sleek Zealand modified into low-profile within the T20Is, Patel made his presence felt straightaway within the longest format as he bagged the ‘Man of the Match’ award on Test debut. The 33-one year-venerable picked up seven wickets – including a maiden Test 5-wicket haul within the 2d innings to stun Pakistan in a thriller by four runs at Abu Dhabi.

On Saturday, Ajaz became ideally suited the third bowler within the historic previous of the game after Jim Laker of England in 1956 and Anil Kumble of India in 1999 to ranking all 10 wickets in a single innings to bundle out India for 325 at the Wankhede Stadium.

Ajaz, who is playing in his 11th Test, had ideally suited two 5 wicket hauls and a ideally suited match haul of seven wickets sooner than Saturday’s feat. He bowled four separate spells of 24-10-57-4, 5-0-16-0, 6-0-16-2, 12.5-2-30-4 and got his 10th and final wicket within the invent of Mohammed Siraj, who tried a slog and modified into caught by one more player of Indian foundation Rachin Ravindra.

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