Twitter Erupts as New Zealand's Ajaz Patel Scripts History by Bagging All 10 Wickets Against India

Left-handed bowler of Indian origin Ajaz Patel is only the third player in the history of Test cricket to take ten wickets in an inning.

Cricket fans have poured their hearts out after New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel achieved the rarest of rare feats with a perfect ten at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

The 33-year-old took all ten wickets in India's first inning on the second day of the second cricket Test match against India, joining England's Jim Laker and India's Anil Kumble in the elite club.

Ajaz Patel gets 10 wickets, becomes the 3rd player in Tests to get all 10 after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble.

That historic moment. What a performance😍🔥🔥

10-119#INDvzNZ pic.twitter.com/uQ2c9wNsal

— 💙AK #MI 💙 (@ak_sr10) December 4, 2021

Jim Laker achieved this feat against Australia in 1956, while Kumble bundled out the entire team of Pakistan in 1999 at the Firozshah cricket ground in Delhi.

#INDvNZ #MumbaiTest

The very exclusive 10 wickets in an innings club:

Jim Laker: 51.2-23-53-10 (1956)
Anil Kumble: 26.3-9-74-10 (1999)
Ajaz Patel: 47.5-12-119-10 (2021)

Ajaz the first to do it in an away Test. pic.twitter.com/Pu2dQioa36

— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) December 4, 2021

Picking a 10 wickets in a innings is such a rare incident. Only third time in 144-year Test history. Jim Laker and Anil Kumble took 10-wickets in an innings at home. Ajaz, although he's born in Mumbai, is a visiting spinner. We've truly witnessed something special #INDvzNZ

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 4, 2021

"A special effort to achieve it on Day 1 and 2 of a test match", said Anil Kumble, indicating the challenging environment for any spinner to bowl on the first day of a five-day cricket match. Balls usually turn more on rough pitches, which occurs only after the second day of a test match.

Welcome to the club #AjazPatel #Perfect10 Well bowled! A special effort to achieve it on Day1 & 2 of a test match. #INDvzNZ

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) December 4, 2021

Ravi Shastri, a former Indian men's cricket coach, has dubbed Patel's feat "unreal", while one of India's greatest off-spinners, Harbhajan Singh, said that "this will be remembered forever".

One of the toughest things to do in the game of cricket. To have an entire team in your kitty in an innings is too good to be true. Simply unreal. Well done young man - Ajaz Patel #INDvzNZ #AjazPatel pic.twitter.com/M81eUeSrX4

— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) December 4, 2021

Ajaz ended with 10 wickets for 119 runs in 47.5 overs.

Incredible achievement as Ajaz Patel picks up all 10 wickets in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test.

He becomes the third bowler in the history of Test cricket to achieve this feat.#INDvNZ @Paytm pic.twitter.com/5iOsMVEuWq

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 4, 2021

Earlier in the day, right-handed batsman Mayank Agarwal guided India to 325 in the first inning with a top of 150 runs. Axar Patel also scored a fighting half-century - his maiden in international cricket.

A cricket Test is a five-day match and is considered the game's highest standard. Each team bats twice and bowls twice during the match.