-Vinay Kumar
Indian-origin New Zealand player Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in an innings against India in the second Test match of New Zealand’s recent tour of India (New Zealand vs India Test Match 2021). For that historic innings, the ICC selected him for the ‘ICC Player of the Month’ award for the month of December 2021.
Let us tell you that apart from Ajaz Patel for the title of ‘ICC Player of the Month’ December, 2021, Indian cricket team opener Mayank Agarwal and Australia’s deadly fast bowler Mitchell Starc are also in the running. Were. However, the ICC’s awards selection committee selected Ajaz Patel, the left-arm bowler who took 10 wickets in an innings.
Lifetime precedent against India
Remind you that Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in the first innings and 4 in the second innings of the second and final test match against New Zealand played against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. With this, he became the third bowler in the history of international Test cricket after Jim Laker and former India spinner Anil Kumble. It is worth noting that Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel has set this example against the Indian team in his very first tour of Test wicket career.
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Ajaz Patel’s precious moment in life
Let us remind you that after the conclusion of the Mumbai Test, Ajaz Patel said, “Personally I believe that it will be one of the best cricket days of my life. And maybe it always will be. Significantly, on the first day of that Test match, 4 wickets had fallen, and those four wickets were dropped by Ajaz Patel. The next day, that is, in the first session of the second day of the match, he made 6 more players his victim in the first innings with his lethal bowling. His excellent bowling was also praised by the Indian team.
Voting Academy praised
JP Dumini, member of the ‘ICC Voting Academy’ for the month of December 2021, praised his achievement. JP Duminy said, “Taking 10 wickets in an innings is a historic achievement. It should be celebrated. Certainly Ajaz Patel’s performance is an example, which will be remembered for years.”