Published 16:38 IST, October 21st 2019
Ind vs SA: 3 spinners who got a batsman stumped on their Test debut
Shahbaz Nadeem dismissed Temba Bavuma with a stumping to claim his 1st Test wicket. Let us check out some bowlers who claimed wickets off a stumping on debut.
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Shahbaz Nadeem made his debut in ongoing third Test between India and South Africa. In doing so, he became 296th Indian player to represent country in Test cricket. After playing 110 first-class matches for Jharkhand, left-arm spinner finally achieved his life-long dream of playing in oldest format of game. Co-incidentally, his debut also came at his home ground in Ranchi. 30-year old cricketer was included in playing XI in place of leading pacer Ishant Sharma.
As Team India posted a mammoth 497-9d in ir first-innings, Nadeem contributed his part with ball with debut figures of 2-22 in 11.2 overs. He dismissed Temba Bavuma with a stumping to claim his first international wicket. However, it is a rare occurrence for a bowler to get a stumping in his very first match, making it a special moment. Let us have a look at three more spinners who have achieved same feat in past.
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3 spinners who got a wicket off a stumping on Test debuts
1. Stuart MacGill
Retired Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill made his Test debut during South Africa’s tour 'Down Under' in 1998. Australia, having won second Test, took a 1-0 lead in series. MacGill finally got a chance to play in third Test where he took 2-112 in South Africa’s first innings. However, in second-innings, MacGill took 3-22 in 7 overs which included wicket of Herschelle Gibbs. Gibbs was stumped by Healy as MacGill claimed his first-ever wicket off stumping on his debut itself.
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2. Naimur Rahman
Leading Bangladesh in ir first-ever Test match, Naimur Rahman took 6-132 against India on Test debut. Bangladesh may have lost match by 9 wickets but debut spell by ir captain is etched in every Bangladeshi fans’ memory. His 6-wicket haul included scalps of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. He also stumped Saba Karim for 15 and became one of rare bowlers in Test history to claim a wicket off a stumping on debut.
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3. Amit Mishra
Australian team toured India for Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008. Leggie Amit Mishra made his debut in second Test of series which also marked Peter Siddle’s debut for Australia. In his debut innings itself, Mishra claimed 5-71 to hand India a huge 201-run lead over visitors. Indian skipper MS Dhoni stumped Siddle off Mishra and Indian team went onto win match by 320 runs. Mishra was one of crucial members of that series that defeated Australia 2-0 to regain trophy.
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15:34 IST, October 21st 2019