India in command despite Ajaz Patel’s sensational 10-wicket haul
Mayank Agarwal  hit a brilliant 150 for India
Mayank Agarwal hit a brilliant 150 for India

AJAZ Patel sensationally became only the third man to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings before India dominated New Zealand on an astonishing day two of the second Test.

Spinner Patel claimed stunning figures of 10-119 as India were bowled out for 325, but the tourists were skittled out for only 62 in reply, as the India attack ripped through their batting line-up.
The hosts ended the day 69-0 in their second innings in Mumbai, with a commanding lead of 332 heading into day three.

Patel started where he left off on day one, taking the wickets of Wriddhiman Saha (27) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0) in consecutive balls during the first over, before eventually removing Mayank Agarwal for a brilliant 150.
Axar Patel (52) and Jayant Yadav (12) were the next victims, before Mohammed Siraj (4) edged an attempted sweep to Rachin Ravindra to make it a perfect 10 for Patel.

That was very much where the day peaked for New Zealand as India set about ripping through the Black Caps.
Siraj removed Tom Latham (10) before getting rid of Will Young (4) and Ross Taylor (1) in consecutive balls. The seamer nearly had a hat-trick, but a review show his delivery to Henry Nicholls pitched just outside leg stump.

Ashwin (4-8) then came to the fore, with Kyle Jamieson (17) and Latham the only New Zealand batters to make double figures.
Agarwal (38 not out) and Pujara (29 n.o.) calmly eased India through to stumps in a dominant position.

Shine slightly taken off historic day for Patel
It is an incredible story. A man born in Mumbai returns as a New Zealand player, to take all 10 wickets in an innings. The only thing more surprising involving Patel on day two was that the New Zealand number 11 was out in the middle holding a bat just a couple of hours later.
It was just the third time in the history of men’s Test cricket that a bowler has taken every wicket in a single innings, following in the footsteps of Jim Laker in 1956 and Anil Kumble in 1999.
The 33-year-old, who was New Zealand’s not-out batter, would probably appreciate a bit more help from his team-mates on day three.

Ashwin bowls devastating spell
New Zealand were already reeling after Siraj (3-19) reduced them to 17-3, but having seen what the spin of Patel had achieved, they must have been fretting about what Ashwin would do when he came on, and with good cause.
The 35-year-old bamboozled the tourists – missing injured captain Kane

INDIA 1st innings
Mayank Agarwal c Tom Blundell b Ajaz Patel 150
Shubman Gill c Ross Taylor b Ajaz Patel 44
Cheteshwar Pujara b Ajaz Patel 0
Virat Kohli lbw Ajaz Patel 0
Shreyas Iyer c Tom Blundell b Ajaz Patel 18
Wriddhiman Saha lbw Ajaz Patel 27
Ravichandran Ashwin b Ajaz Patel 0
Axar Patel lbw Ajaz Patel 52
Jayant Yadav c Rachin Ravindra b Ajaz Patel 12
Umesh Yadav not out 0
Mohammed Siraj c Rachin Ravindra b Ajaz Patel 4
Extras: (b-13, lb-5) 18
Total: (all out, 109.5 overs) 325
Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-80, 3-80, 4-160, 5-224, 6-224, 7-291, 8-316, 9-321.
Bowling: Tim Southee 22-6-43-0, Kyle Jamieson 12-3-36-0, Ajaz Patel 47.5-12-119-10, William Somerville 9-0-80-0, Rachin Ravindra 4- 0-20-0, Daryl Mitchell 5-3- 9-0.

NEW ZEALAND 1st innings
Tom Latham c Shreyas Iyer b Mohammed Siraj 10
Will Young c Virat Kohli b Mohammed Siraj 4
Daryl Mitchell lbw Axar Patel 8
Ross Taylor b Mohammed Siraj 1
Henry Nicholls b Ravichandran Ashwin 7
Tom Blundell c Cheteshwar Pujara b Ravichandran Ashwin 8
Rachin Ravindra c Virat Kohli b Jayant Yadav 4
Kyle Jamieson c Shreyas Iyer b Axar Patel 17
Tim Southee c (sub.) b Ravichandran Ashwin 0
William Somerville c Mohammed Siraj b Ravichandran Ashwin 0
Ajaz Patel not out 0
Extras: (lb-1, nb-2) 3
Total: (all out, 28.1 overs) 62
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-15, 3-17, 4-27, 5-31, 6-38, 7-53, 8-53, 9-62.
Bowling: Umesh Yadav 5-2-7-0, Mohammed Siraj 4-0-19-3, Axar Patel 9.1-3-14 2. Ravichandran Ashwin 8-2-8-4 (nb-1), Jayant Yadav 2-0-13-1 (nb-1).

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