Two cricketers have taken wickets on the 1st ball in both innings of the test, both are lefties

New Delhi. In international cricket matches, many bowlers have taken wickets on their first ball, but there have been very few occasions when a bowler has achieved success on his/her first ball in both innings of a Test. Test cricket began in the year 1877 with a match between Australia and England in Melbourne. Complete records of the first matches in the 147-year history of Test cricket are not available. According to the data available, only two bowlers have taken wickets on their first ball in both innings of a Test so far. Incidentally, both are from India and bowl left-handed.

India’s fast bowler Zaheer Khan made this special record against Bangladesh in 2007 and spinner Axar Patel made this record against England in 2021. Both were the best players in these matches. Axar achieved this great feat in the second Test of his/her career.

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Zaheer had hunted the same batsman in both the innings
Left-arm bowler Zaheer Khan took wickets on his/her own and the first ball of the innings in both innings of the Mirpur Test against Bangladesh (India Vs Bangladesh) in May 2007. The interesting thing is that both times the same batsman- Javed Omar became his/her victim. Zaheer bowled the first over from India in both innings. he/she got Omar caught by Dinesh Karthik at third slip on the first ball of the first innings, while in the second innings, wicketkeeper Dhoni caught this batsman on the very first ball. Omar made a ‘King Pair’ (out on the first ball in both innings).

The Indian team performed brilliantly and won this test by a huge margin of an innings and 239 runs. Batting first, Team India declared the first innings with a huge score of 610 runs for 3 wickets in which four batsmen – Dinesh Karthik (129), Wasim Jaffer (138), Captain Rahul Dravid (129) and Sachin Tendulkar (129*) scored centuries. In reply, Bangladesh’s first innings was reduced to 118 runs and the second innings to 253 runs. Zaheer took 5 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings.

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Akshar repeated ‘Z’s’ achievement against England

Zaheer’s achievement was repeated after 13 years by left arm orthodox spinner Axar Patel Akshar repeated this feat in the Ahmedabad Test against England (India Vs England). he/she took wickets on his/her first ball in both innings. In the first innings, he/she came to bowl after Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah had bowled three overs each and bowled Johnny Bairstow on his/her very first ball. In England’s second innings, Akshar started bowling and got England’s Jack Crowley LBW on the first ball of his/her first over. In the Test, Akshar took 6 wickets in the first innings and 5 in the second innings and became the hero of India’s 10-wicket victory.

The match was decided in two days on the turning track
The interesting thing is that in this low scoring match, India won despite scoring just 145 runs in the first innings. The ball was turning so much on the wicket that the match was decided in just two days. After winning the toss and batting first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, England’s team was reduced to 112 runs in 48.4 overs, which included 53 runs from opener Jack Crowley. Akshar took 6 wickets for 38 runs and Ashwin took 3 wickets for 26 runs. In response, despite 66 runs from opener Rohit Sharma, Team India’s first innings could only score 145 runs in 53.2 overs. On the basis of the first innings, the team got a lead of 33 runs. The fate of England’s second innings was even worse than the first and the team was all out for 81 runs in 30.4 overs. In the second innings, Axar took 5 wickets and Ashwin took 4. Team India had a target of just 49 runs to win, which openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill achieved by remaining unbeaten.

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Akshar has the best bowling average in Tests
Most cricket lovers will be surprised to know that the best bowling average (scale is minimum 2000 balls) from India in Test cricket is currently of Akshar Patel. he/she has taken 55 wickets in 14 Tests so far at an average of 19.34. he/she has taken 5 wickets in an innings 5 ​​times and 10 wickets in a match once. After Akshar, Jaspreet Bumrah is in second place in bowling average, who has taken 159 wickets in 36 Tests at an average of 20.69.

Despite the excellent record, Akshar has been able to play only 14 matches in his/her Test career of more than two and a half years because he/she often does not get a place in the Test playing XI due to veteran spinners like R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in Team India. Both Zaheer and Akshar have played for the Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) team in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Zaheer played for the Delhi franchise from 2015 to 2017 while Akshar has been associated with this franchise since 2019. Zaheer will be seen as the mentor of the Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) team in the 2025 season of the IPL.

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