New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

  New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India. New Zealand spinner Ijaz Patel has taken 10 wickets in the first innings of the second Test against India in Mumbai.

   New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

Ejaz Patel is only the third bowler in Test cricket history to achieve this achievement. He has equaled the record of Jim Laker and Anil Kumble.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

This feat was performed by Ijaz Patel on the second day of the second Test match against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

He scored 119 runs in 48 overs in the first innings of the Test match and sent all the Indian players to the pavilion and limited the home team to 325 runs.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

For India, Mainak Agarwal scored 150 and Akshar Patel 52 runs.

Earlier, England's Jim Laker had taken 10 wickets against Australia in Manchester in 1953 and India's Anil Kumble had taken 10 wickets against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. However, Ijaz Patel has won the award in India, far from his home country New Zealand.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

 Ejaz Patel, 34, immigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1996 and is the fifth Indian-born player to play for the New Zealand national team.

Earlier, Indian-born players Ted Badcock, Tom Poona, Ash Sodhi, and Jeet Rawal have represented New Zealand.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

Former India league spinner Anil Kumble praised Ijaz Patel for taking 10 wickets and said "Welcome to the club".

The former Indian spinner said that taking ten wickets on the first and second day of a Test match is the result of special efforts.

Harbhajan Singh, another former Indian spinner, wrote in a tweet that "Ijaz Patel, this will be remembered for a lifetime."

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

"Let me get up and clap."

Australian batsman Aaron Finch was also impressed by Ijaz Patel and praised the performance of the New Zealand spinner.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

Former India batsman VVS Laxman wrote that Ijaz Patel performed this feat in the city where he was born.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

The first match of the two-Test series ended in a draw in Kanpur, while India had earlier won the T20 series 3-0.

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India

 New Zealand's Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in innings versus India