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Kiwi Patel takes all 10 wickets vs India

MUMBAI: The 33-year-old New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel has inscribed his name in the book of cricket  records by taking all the ten wickets on Saturday (4th of December, 2021) while playing against India here at Wankhede Stadium. 

Incidentally Patel, who was born in Mumbai, dismissed four batters on day one and six on day two bowling out India for 325 runs.

Talking to journalists he said: “Personally I think it’s one of the greatest cricketing days of my life and probably will always be…From the team perspective it’s obviously tough. But we still have more Test cricket left.

“We got to make sure we front up tomorrow and scrap as much as we can…We are on the backfoot, but we got to come back here tomorrow and make sure we work as hard as possible to see how we can turn this game around or eke out something special.”

In the history of cricket only three bowlers have accomplished this feat: Back in 1956 English bowler Jim Laker (vs Australia) and in 1999 Indian legend Anil Kumble (vs Pakistan) sent ten batters back to pavilion.
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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.