“It’s definitely emotional,” Ejaz Patel had said on the eve (Wednesday) India vs New Zealand 2nd Test When asked about playing a Test match in Mumbai, he grew up at the age of eight before moving to New Zealand. Fast forward for Saturday and the left-arm spinner may very well be going through emotions after becoming the third bowler in the history of Test cricket to take all ten wickets in a Test innings, following in the footsteps of the great Anil. Kumble (1999) and Jim Laker (1956).
The 33-year-old, who had not bowled in first-class cricket since June prior to the series, was looking to play a key role, but little did he know that on the second day of the second Test, he would make a name for himself in cricket history. One of the rarest of the rarest achievements. Only for the third time in 2438 Test matches a bowler has taken all ten wickets in an innings. The first was England’s off-spinner Jim Laker in 1956 and then Anil Kumble of India in 1999. Playing only his 11th Test, Patel can claim the fastest ten wickets. At the end of the first day’s play, Patel took four wickets and described his effort as ‘dreams are made from this’.
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For another day, he might have to do something better now.
Historical moments like this align themselves really well. As for Patel, the parents had not even seen him bowl in New Zealand in person, and in Mumbai he had ‘different family members on different days of the game’ and what was there for his family and for Patel. I wanted to watch the game. To speak
For Patel through the series it has been all about nostalgia. In the first Test, it was two Indian-origin players – Rachin Ravindra and Patel – who rocked the Indian bowling attack to seal a thrilling, memorable draw at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. And in Mumbai, Patel is having his moment under the sun. For the player who had to wait for ten years to play international cricket, this wait was worthwhile.
Patel’s parents moved to New Zealand with the aim of giving themselves a better lifestyle than what they had experienced growing up. Writing about his early days in cricket in a column, Patel recalls how he used to run around the cricket pitch in sneakers when everyone else was wearing spikes and how he had to play with borrowed bats and pads. , and his lessons on how to challenge adversity. Be patient, and keep your faith. He describes his cricketing journey as a ‘challenging adversity’.
Going towards something that others might find unattainable, but the left-arm spinner believed he could. And when Mohammad Siraj did one up in the air, slogging across the line, Patel was on the verge of achieving the unattainable and how fitting it was that Ravindra took the catch.
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Patience is key for any spinner and Patel showed that 47.5 overs were given out in three consecutive spells of 26, 14 and 11 overs.
Tim Southee bowled the next highest 22. And that same grit and perseverance made Patel tick and continue his chase for the New Zealand international cap. Patel started out as a seamer and began playing age-group cricket as a left-arm seamer before he decided to switch to spin and was guided through the transition by former Kiwi spinner Deepak Patel. “He (Deepak) broke the entire action of a spinner for me, and we changed my action from a fast bowler to a spin bowler. In a span of four or five months, we broke the entire action of a spinner , moved from my fast bowling rhythm to spin, and started developing an action of its own,” recalls Patel.
Ejaz Patel became the third bowler to take ten wickets in an innings
Then the rolling started.
He first moved from Auckland Cricket In the Central Districts where he used to spend his entire domestic cricket career. Over the next few years Patel established himself as a key player in the setup and took the most wickets in the 2015–16, and 2016–17 Plunket Shield seasons (New Zealand’s domestic first-class competition). Nevertheless, his dream of representing New Zealand was still a distant dream.
“From a faith standpoint, for me it was always about working hard, turning every stone I could, then leaving the rest to fate and doing what’s best for me, whenever it’s best for me. It would be nice,” he writes. in column. When he finally got that call, after 10 long years, Patel walked out of the park in Abu Dhabi in 2018 to take seven wickets, including a five-for in the match. He won the man of the match award in New Zealand’s memorable win.
He writes in the column, “I could not even dream of getting selected for the Blackcaps at the age of 30. I couldn’t have dreamed of taking a five-wicket haul on debut, leading to a dramatic win away from home. I could not dream of seeing the words “Ajaz Patel – Blackcap”. But here I am, Mumbai boy.”
By the way, Ejaz Patel could not dream of taking ten wickets in an innings. But he has done it, that too in the ‘City of Dreams’, to complete his perfect homecoming.
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