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Anshul Kamboj picks 10 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy, breaks 39-year-old record – WATCH

sanjeev November 16, 2024 03:21 PM

Haryana pacer Anshul Kamboj has become only the third bowler in Ranji Trophy history to pick up ten wickets in an innings. His spell of 10/49 against Kerala came at the Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli on Friday (Nov 15), helping him become the first bowler since Rajasthan's Pradeep Sunderam (10/78) against Vidarbha in 1985-86 to unlock this feat.

The right-arm seamer dismissed Kerala's Shoun Roger on the third day of Haryana's fifth-round fixture at home to create history. WATCH VIDEO -

Best bowling figures in Ranji Trophy history -

10/20 - Premansu Chatterjee - Bengal v Assam (1956-57)
10/49 - Anshul Kamboj - Haryana v Kerala (2024-25)
10/78 - Pradeep Sunderam - Rajasthan v Vidarbha (1985-86)

Besides them, the three Indian bowlers who attained a similar feat in first-class cricket were Subhash Gupte in 1954-55, Anil Kumble in 1998-99 and Debasis Mohanty in 2000-01. Here is the list of Indian bowlers to pick ten wickets in an innings in first-class cricket -

10/20 - Premansu Chatterjee - Bengal v Assam (1956-57)
10/46 - Debasis Mohanty - East Zone v South Zone (2000-01)
10/49 - Anshul Kamboj - Haryana v Kerala (2024-25)
10/74 - Anil Kumble - India v Pakistan (1999)
10/78 - Pradeep Sunderam - Rajasthan v Vidarbha (1985-86)
10/78 - Subhash Gupte - Bombay v Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI (1954-55)

Meanwhile, Kamboj picked up eight wickets on day two, needing only two early on day three to enter record books, which he accomplished soon after. Kamboj, who recently represented India A in the ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2024 tournament held in Oman, began his domestic red-ball season with a banger, picking eight wickets in the Duleep Trophy, becoming second seamer after Mohanty (10/46) and Ashoke Dinda (8/123) to achieve this feat. The opening bowler rose to the limelight last season when Haryana won the Vijay Hazare Trophy, while he was their leading wicket-taker, picking 17 wickets from ten matches. He even had his breakthrough moment in the cash-rich IPL, where five-time champions Mumbai Indians bagged his services. Before featuring for Mumbai in the IPL, Kamboj featured in only nine T20 matches;