Anshul Kamboj Creates Ranji HISTORY! Delivers A 'Perfect 10' Against Kerala

Haryan 's Anshul Kamboj made Ranji Trophy history as for the first time in 39 years a bowler has bowled a ‘Perfect 10’ in the tournament. Anshul took all of the 10 wickets against Kerala and ended with an excellent figures of 10/49. He became only the third bowler in the history of Ranji Trophy to achieve this feat. 

Anshul Kamboj Scripts History, Takes 10 Wickets Against Kerala

Haryana pacer Anshul Kamboj entered the record books on Friday as he became only the third bowler in the history of Ranji Trophy to claim all 10 wickets in an innings.

Kamboj, 23, achieved the feat in the home team's Group C game against Kerala at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium on the outskirts of Rohtak.

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Kamboj ended with incredible figures of 10/49 in 30.1 overs.

Premangshu Chatterjee of Bengal (10/20 vs Assam , 1956) and Pradeep Sundaram (10/78, Rajasthan v Vidarbha, 1985) of Rajasthan are the other two bowlers to have taken 10 wickets in an innings in the country's premier domestic tournament.

Kamboj Becomes Sixth Bowler To Grab A Perfect 10 In First Class Cricket

Overall, Kamboj is the sixth Indian bowler to grab a 10-wicket haul in First-Class cricket. The legendary Anil Kumble, Subhash Gupte and Debashish Mohanty are the others on the list.

The pacer entered the third day's play with eight wickets to his name and claimed the wickets of Basil Thampi and Shoun Roger to complete the remarkable feat. 

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As a result, Kerala were all out for 291 in their first innings.

While running through the Kerala batting line-up, Kamboj also went past 50 First-Class wickets in 19 matches.

Kamboj, who was picked by Mumbai Indians for the 2024 IPL after an impressive domestic season, recently represented the India A in the ACC Emerging Asia Cup tournament in Oman.

Kamboj was among the leading wicket-takers with 17 scalps from 10 matches as Haryana went on to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy title for the first time.

This season he became only the third pacer to record an eight-wicket haul in the Duleep Trophy, behind Mohanty (10/46) and Ashok Dinda (8/123).

Kamboj has 23 wickets from 15 List-A games to his name. 

(With PTI Inputs)