Anshul Kamboj took 8 wickets in an innings in Duleep Trophy.
The second round of matches in Duleep Trophy 2024 ended today in which the match played between India B and C team ended in a draw. In this match, 23-year-old fast bowler Anshul Kamboj, playing for India C team, gave a great performance with the ball in which he has now become the fast bowler with the best bowling figures in an innings in the history of Duleep Trophy. Anshul took 8 wickets giving only 69 runs in the first innings of India B team. So far, the best bowling in the history of Duleep Trophy was done by Debashish Mohanty in the match between East Zone and South Zone in the year 2001, who took 10 wickets for just 46 runs.
Anshul gave his best performance in first class career
This was the best performance of 23 year old fast bowler Anshul Kamboj, who plays for Haryana in domestic cricket, in his first class cricket so far. In this match, Anshul took the first 5 top order batsmen of India B team in one go, which includes the wicket of Sarfaraz Khan, a member of the Indian team announced for the first Test match against Bangladesh. Apart from this, Anshul sent Rinku Singh, Mushir Khan who is in excellent form, Nitish Reddy, N. Jagadeeshan, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Mukesh Kumar to the pavilion. Anshul is the 9th bowler and the third fast bowler to take 8 or more wickets in an innings in the history of Duleep Trophy.
Bowlers with most wickets in an innings in Duleep Trophy
Debashish Mohanty – 10 wickets for 46 runs (2001)
Balu Gupte – 9 wickets for 55 runs (1963)
Saurabh Kumar – 8 wickets for 64 runs (year 2023)
Arshad Ayub – 8 wickets for 65 runs (1987)
Anshul Kamboj – 8 wickets for 69 runs (year 2024)
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar – 8 wickets for 80 runs (year 1966)
Ashok Dinda – 8 wickets for 123 runs (2012)
Ravi Shastri – 8 wickets for 145 runs (year 1985)
Sarandeep Singh – 8 wickets for 180 runs (2003)
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