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3rd Test: Being Back At Wankhede Is 'quite Emotional' For New Zealand Spinner Ajaz Patel
New Zealand: As members of the New Zealand cricket team walked into the ground at the Wankhede Stadium for a practice session on Wednesday morning, left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel was among the first few to walk to the pitch and had a very close look at it.
He has all the reasons to do so because Mumbai holds a special place in his heart. Not because he was born in the Maximum City and migrated to New Zealand at the age of eight and visits it occasionally because his wife hails from the city and his extended family still lives in Mumbai. But Patel's reason is more personal -- Wankhede is the venue of his greatest performance in Test cricket.
It was at the Wankhede Stadium that Patel became only the third cricketer in the history of the sport to bag all 10 wickets in an innings, joining the legendary Jim Laker of England and India's Anil Kumble to achieve the feat. That performance of 10/119 in December 2021 is his best in a Test so far. Read More...
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