DTVHINDIHaryana’s Anshul Kamboj created history, did this feat in Ranji Trophy after 39 years
Haryana fast bowler Anshul Kamboj has registered his name in the history of Ranji Trophy on Friday. He became the first bowler in 39 years to take all 10 wickets in an innings. He achieved this remarkable feat in the match between Haryana and Kerala at Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli on Friday. Kamboj is only the third bowler in the storied history of the tournament to achieve this spectacular feat. The 23-year-old bowler destroyed the Kerala batting line-up with his excellent bowling. He took all 10 wickets for 49 runs in his spell, which restricted Kerala to 291 runs in their first innings. Before Anshul, Premangshu Chatterjee of Bengal had taken 10 wickets for 20 runs against Assam in 1956. Whereas Pradeep Sundaram of Rajasthan had achieved this feat by giving 78 runs against Vidarbha in 1985. Kamboj is the sixth Indian bowler to take 10 wickets in overall first class cricket. Before him, veteran spinners Anil Kumble, Subhash Gupte and Debashish Mohanty have achieved this feat. Apart from this, this is the best bowling figure made by any bowler while playing for Haryana. Earlier, Joginder Sharma had taken eight wickets against Vidarbha in the 2004/05 season. Best bowling figures in Ranji Trophy history: 10/20 – Premangshu Chatterjee – Bengal vs Assam (1956-57) 10/49 – Anshul Kamboj – Haryana vs Kerala (2024-25) 10/78 – Pradeep Sundaram – Rajasthan vs Vidarbha (1985-86) Best bowling performance in an innings in first class cricket for India 10/20 – Premanshu Chatterjee (1957) 10/46 – Debasis Mohanty (2001) 10/49- Anshul Kamboj* (2024) 10/74 – Anil Kumble (1999) – Test 10/78 – Pradeep Sundaram (1985) 10/78 – Subhash Gupte (1954) Who is this Anshul Kamboj? Born in Karnal, Haryana, Kamboj is a right-handed fast bowler as well as a right-handed batsman. He came into the news during the 2023–24 Vijay Hazare Trophy, when he took 17 wickets in 10 matches. Recently, while playing for India C in the Duleep Trophy, he took 8 wickets in an innings, becoming the third player to do so in the history of the tournament.
Who is this Anshul Kamboj? He dismissed Travis Head in IPL, now he wreaked havoc in Duleep Trophy by taking 8 wickets
Anshul Kamboj ripped apart the India B batting order with his pace bowling and recorded his best bowling performance in first-class cricket on the fourth day of the fourth match of the Duleep Trophy 2024. Kamboj bowled sensationally (8/69) to bundle out India B for 332 in their first innings and help India C take a massive 197-run lead. Kamboj had taken five wickets on the third day of the match and then on Sunday he ended India B’s innings by taking three wickets. Fast bowler Kamboj became the third fast bowler to take eight wickets in Duleep Trophy after Debashish Mohanty (10/46) and Ashok Dinda (8/123). Kamboj dismissed batsman Narayan Jagadeesan (70) and then four other batsmen. After dismissing Mushir Khan (1) and Sarfaraz Khan (16) LBW, he got Rinku Singh (06) caught by Ishan Kishan, while Nitish Kumar Reddy was bowled after scoring two runs. On the fourth day, he dismissed Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Mukesh Kumar. Let us tell you that before this match, Kamboj had not taken more than three wickets in an innings in his last 14 first-class matches. Anshul Kamboj has dismissed Travis Head in IPL Haryana fast bowler Kamboj has 23 wickets in 15 List-A matches. Before making his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in 2024, Kamboj had played only nine T20 matches. Kamboj had a very up and down debut for Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he bowled Travis Head, but the ball was declared a no-ball. Kamboj took two wickets in three matches for Mumbai Indians. It is worth noting that the match played between India B and India C was a draw. India C scored 525 runs in its first innings in response to which India B could score only 332 runs in its first innings. In the second innings, India C declared the innings at a score of 128 for 4 wickets. But due to no result in the match, the match was declared a draw.
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