IND vs NZ | Twitter reacts as Ajaz Patel becomes third bowler to bag all 10 wickets in a Test innings
Ajaz Patel bagged a perfect-10 against India at his birthplace Mumbai
|Ajaz Patel achieved a special milestone, when he bagged all 10 wickets in the first innings of the ongoing second India-New Zealand Test in Mumbai. The left-arm spinner returned 10/119, and joined legendary yesteryear spinners, England’s Jim Laker and India’s Anil Kumble, in achieving the feat.
After having bagged each of four Indian wickets to fall on the first day of the Mumbai Test, Ajaz Patel extended his brilliance on Day 2, and cast his spell of magic to cast the remaining six and finish with a perfect 10. He became only the third bowler to achieve the milestone in 2,438 Test matches across 144 years of the game, after England’s Jim Laker did so against Australia in Manchester in 1956, and India’s Anil Kumble against Pakistan in Delhi in 1999.
Ajaz had Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin off successive balls early in the day, with the latter cluelessly signalling for a review after being bowled with a peach. Mayank Agarwal (150) and Axar Patel (52) added 67 for the seventh wicket, before the left-arm spinner intervened again to scalp the remaining four wickets, including the final one of Mohammed Siraj, ending India’s innings at 325.
Ajaz returned 10/119 after having bowled a staggering 47.5 overs out of 109.5, 12 of which were maidens.
His 10/119 are the best returns for a New Zealand bowler in a Test innings, after Sir Richard Hadlee’s 9/52 against Australia in Brisbane in 1985. Ajaz became the second bowler to bag nine or more wickets in an innings against India, after West Indies’ Jack Noreiga had returned 9/95 at the Port of Spain in 1971.
History has been created by Azaz Patel! WOW!👏
— Lodu_Lalit (@LoduLal02410635) December 4, 2021
Incredible performance!🙏
What An scorecard for the Azaz Patel. pic.twitter.com/ijfpzjl2U4
— M.Vikrmaditya M. (@Iam_RitteR) December 4, 2021
Remember the name, AZAZ PATEL🤩
Insane!!!! Take A Bow Azaz Patel
— Devanshu Maheshwari (@tweets_devanshu) December 4, 2021
10 wickets in an innings in Wankhede, only the third To do so in History Of Cricket,
After Jim Laker, and Anil Kumble
This Test Has to be remembered Has #AzazPatel Test, Great Achievement For Him and Newzealand 👏#INDvzNZ #MayankAgarwal
Respect!
Welcome to the super elite Club ✨
— The Deep Concept 🇮🇳™ (@thedeepconcept) December 4, 2021
10 out of 10 wickets 👏
Take a bow Azaz Patel 🙏👍#IndvsNz pic.twitter.com/wN3AtQNiYa
HAHA!
*BCCI officials after watching Azaz Patel performance in today's match pic.twitter.com/jAWq0WerxM
— आदित्या🖤💫|| (@_adi_ty_a_) December 4, 2021
Azaz Patel will never forget this day in his life!
Azaz Patel becomes the 3rd bowler in history of Test Cricket to pick all 10 wickets in an Innings.
— Supriyo Sen (@supsen3107) December 4, 2021
AZAZ...U Beauty !!
Jim Laker in 1956
Anil Kumble in 1999
Azaz Patel in 2021
Azaz Patel achieves this feat in the same city where he was born (Mumbai).#INDvNZ #AzazPatel
Right time, right place!
This is unreal....
— Prakash (@_prk18_) December 4, 2021
10 wickets in an innings.....🤩
Wow....wow....wow....🤗#azazpatel take a bow..🙏
Hahaha! Accurate!
#INDvzNZ
— Ankit Mishra (@TheAnnkit) December 4, 2021
Azaz Patel be like: pic.twitter.com/4WJspZvrvX
Wat a day for him!
Azaz Patel gets 10 wicket spent his childhood in Mumbai
— Naresh Kumar Sagar (@Nksagar) December 4, 2021
An achievement in life time thirds bowler to get to this feat.
New Zealand give rousing reception,terrific moments.
10 wickets fell in 2 days 47 overs. pic.twitter.com/QeM5S0NzbH
Unbelievable record!
Rarest of rare achievements for Azaz Patel! 👏 I hope he doesn't get lost though. Happened to many spinners who amazed the world by taking 7+ wickets against India.#INDvNZ
— Dhiraj Girase 🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@DhirajGirase9) December 4, 2021
