Mumbai born New Zealand’s left arm spinner Ajaz Patel breaks Ian Botham’s record of bagging 14 wickets in a test match.
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A day after scalping all ten wickets in an innings and joining the Perfect 10 club along with Jim Laker and Anil Kumble, Ajaz Patel reaches another milestone.
Following his ten-wicket haul in the first innings, Ajaz Patel takes another four in the second innings of the game. Therefore, he takes his bowling figures to 14/227 in the second test at Mumbai. Ajaz has bowled a total of 73.5 overs in the Mumbai test.
The Kiwi spinner broke Ian Botham’s 41-year-old record. Botham took 13 wickets leaking only 106 runs in two innings in a test match in Mumbai way back in 1980. He overtook the likes of Ian Botham, Steve O’Keefe, Fazal Mahmood for having the best bowling figures in a test match against India.
Best match bowling figure against India
14/225 Ajaz Patel (NZ), Mumbai 2021
13/106 Ian Botham (ENG), Mumbai 1980
12/70, Steve O’Keefe (AUS), Pune 2017
12/94, Fazal Mahmood (PAK), Lucknow 1952
Ajaz achieved this feat on Day 3 of the test match by dismissing Jayant Yadav. Team India then declared their innings after putting up a total of 276/7. India set up a target of 540 runs in front of the Kiwis. Out of the seven wickets, Rachin Ravindra picked up three.
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Ajaz Patel also broke Daniel Vettori’s record and stands second in the list of best bowling figures for New Zealand in a test match.
Best bowling figures for New Zealand
15/123 Richard Hadlee v AUS 1985
14/225 Ajaz Patel v IND 2021
12/149 Daniel Vettori v AUS 2000
12/170 Daniel Vettori v BAN 2004
Richard Hadlee stands top at the list with fifteen wickets in a game against Australia.
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