The second Test between India and New Zealand that was played in Mumbai from December 3-6 saw the hosts emerge victorious. India won the match by 372 runs to claim the two-Test series 1-0.
Ajaz Patel celebrates with his teammates after becoming just the third player in Test history to take all ten wickets in an innings. Patel is seen here hugging Rachin Ravindra after the latter took the catch to dismiss Mohammed Siraj, thereby completing Patel’s 10-wicket haul in the first innings. Out of his ten dismissals in the innings, five were caught (two caught behind by the wicketkeeper), three were lbw and two were bowled.
While a 10-wicket haul in a Test innings is always special, what made it even more memorable for Patel was the fact that he was not only the first one to do it in the first half of a Test match, but also the first to achieve the feat in an away game. The fact that he did it in Mumbai, his place of birth, was the icing on the cake.
England’s Jim Laker became the first player in Test history to take 10 wickets in an innings when he picked up 10 for 53 against Australia in July 1956. After England had scored 459 in their first innings in the Test match at Manchester, Lakers 9 for 37 helped them bundle out the visitors for just 84. Lakers 10-for came in the third innings of the game as England forced Australia to follow on. Laker finished with match figures of 19 for 90 and England won by an innings and 170 runs.
India’s Anil Kumble became the second person to pick 10 wickets in an innings when he achieved the feat against arch-rivals Pakistan in February 1999 in Delhi. Kumble’s 10 for 74 in the fourth and final innings of the game helped set up India’s 212-run victory over Pakistan.
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