IND vs NZ: Amazing feat of Ajaz Patel in Wankhede, achieved a big achievement just after playing the second test match.

sports desk : In the third test being played between India and New Zealand, Ajaz Patel restricted the Indian team to 263 runs by taking 5 wickets. Mumbai-born Patel has once again won everyone's hearts with his performance at Wankhede. He has once again proved what wonders he can do in India.

Ajaz Patel had achieved the feat of taking 10 wickets in an innings in Test cricket in December 2021. He became the third bowler to take 10 wickets in an innings. After that he took four wickets in the second innings. He had the best performance by a visiting bowler in India to his name with amazing figures of 14/225. Once again Ijaz took the caravan forward by taking 5 wickets in this match.

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He said, “It is always special to come back to Mumbai. It's a place I consider home. “It’s very important to get a chance to play here again.” His performance has earned him a place in the top 10 list of wicket-takers in Test matches at the Wankhede Stadium, where he has left behind even Indian greats like BS Chandrashekhar and Anil Kumble.

If Ajaz Patel is successful in taking five wickets in the second innings then he can equal the number of wickets taken by Harbhajan Singh. If this happens, Ejaz will not hesitate at all in calling it his second home. “It's always quite special to be back in Mumbai and it's a place I call home as well,” he said before the match. It's pretty special to get a chance to play here again. To be honest, after taking 10 wickets I was not sure whether I would get a chance to play here again during my career or not.

Such are the figures on Wankhede

Ashwin (41 wickets in 12 innings) leads the list, followed by Anil Kumble (38 in 14 innings), Kapil Dev (28 in 21 innings), Harbhajan Singh (24 in 10 innings) and Kharsan Ghavri (11 innings). 23) is. Among non-Indian cricketers, only Ian Botham is ahead of Ijaz with 22 wickets in 4 innings.

Ijaz took 5 wickets in the first innings

Ajaz Patel completed his five-wicket haul by dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj, Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan and Ravichandran Ashwin in the first innings of the third Test.