Summary:
Mumbai, Dec 4 (PTI) Mumbai-born New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel created history by taking all 10 Indian first innings wickets before Mohammed Siraj blew away the visitors" top-order, leaving them in tatters at 38 for six at tea on day two of the second Test.
With India scoring 325 in their first innings riding on Mayank Agarwal"s 150 and a maiden half-century from Axar Patel (52), Siraj (4-0-19-3) rocked the Black Caps with a fiery and furious spell, getting three quick wickets.
Axar Patel (1/8), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/3) and Jayant Yadav (1/0) then kept the visitors on tenterhooks on a pitch that has both turn and bounce, which Ajaz used to a great effect during his historic figures of 47.5-12-119-10.
No marks for guessing that it is the best ever bowling figures in an innings by an overseas bowler as he equalled England off-spinner Jim Laker (10/53 vs Australia, 1956) and Anil Kumble (10/74 vs Pakistan, 1999).
However, it seems that his 10-wicket haul would be the first one in a losing cause as New Zealand still need 88 runs to avoid follow-on.
If Patel spun a web taking all 10 wickets bowling from the famous "Tata End" as he used the rough created to extract turn and bounce, Siraj was right on the money coming from the opposite Garware Pavilion End.