Touching gesture from Ajaz Patel: New Zealand spinner auctions 10-wicket shirt to raise money for hospital

Ajaz Patel has become just the third bowler – after fellow spinners Jim Laker of England and India’s Anil Kumble – to take all 10 wickets in one leg of a Test match against India at Wankhede Stadium in mumbai.

It can be recalled that Kumble achieved the rare feat against Pakistan in 1999 at Feroze Shah Kotla while Laker achieved the mark against Australia in a try match from the Ashes.

The auction is trying to raise money for a play therapist for Starship’s radiology department at New Zealand’s National Children’s Hospital, Patel said.

“…even though it was a special day for me, what they do to help children and their families is even more important and I hope the auction on @trademe can raise as much money as possible for them,” Patel said on Instagram. Publish.

All test team members of this India tour have signed the shirt.

Patel has not played for New Zealand since that Test but has been selected for the three-Test series in England next month.

But despite Ajaz Patel’s heroics, India won the Mumbai Test and won the two-game series 1-0. Kiwis were also ruled out for 62 in this test. New Zealand and India had shot the first test at Kanpur.

“After I got off the pitch, things happened too fast. Those things only sink in later. It’s great for me, my family and my wife. You spend a lot of time away from home as a cricketer and I’m just thankful to God for this, this opportunity. It’s very special to me,” the 33-year-old Patel said after winning the 10-wicket run.