'You don't ever believe you can achieve this': Ajaz Patel joins cricket's most exclusive club

Only England’s Jim Laker, in 1956, and India’s Anil Kumble, in 1999, have previously accomplished the feat
'You don't ever believe you can achieve this': Ajaz Patel joins cricket's most exclusive club

New Zealand's Ajaz Patel celebrates the dismissal of India's Mohammed Siraj during day two of their second Test match. Picutre: AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings on Saturday.

Playing in the city of his birth, the left-arm spinner took 10 for 119 as India were bowled out for 325 on the second day of the second Test in Mumbai.

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