Ajaz Patel Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ajaz Patel

• Ajaz Patel is a world cricketer who performs for the New Zealand staff because the left arm-off spinner. He is mainly an Indian-origin cricketer who hails from Bharuch, Gujarat.

• He gained the limelight after taking ten wickets towards India on 3 December 2021 thus turning into the third cricketer to take action in take a look at cricket after Jim Laker (1956) and Anil Kumble (1999). He ended his inning spell with a determine of 10/119 from 47.5 overs. BCCI tweeted after that spell,
  

  Incredible achievement as Ajaz Patel picks up all 10 wickets within the 1st innings of the 2nd Test.

  He turns into the third bowler within the historical past of Test cricket to attain this feat.#INDvNZ @Paytm pic.twitter.com/5iOsMVEuWq

  — BCCI (@BCCI) December 4, 2021

  After that spell, his maternal grandfather instructed in an interview,

  “All of us are overjoyed of what Ajaz has achieved. He has made a place for himself in cricketing history.”

  Arif Bapuji, a relative of Ajaz mentioned,

  “Ajaz is a wonderful cricketer. After his selection in the Kiwis team, we invited him to be the chief guest for one of our local tournaments. But due to a busy schedule he couldn’t make it. I attended his marriage in Mumbai and I am happy for him.”

  

  Ajaz Patel giving thumps up after taking 10 wickets in an inning towards India in December 2021 at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)

• His father used to run an digital gross sales and repair enterprise in Mumbai, Jogeshwari space after which in 1996, he migrated to New Zealand the place he now runs a tire enterprise in Auckland. Ajaz was eight-year-old at the moment.
  

  Ajaz Patel when he was eight years outdated

• After migrating to New Zealand, he by no means needed to grow to be a full-time cricketer. He performed cricket on an informal foundation. It was solely when his uncle Saeed Patel who works as a coach in a neighborhood cricket league noticed him play cricket for the college, he enrolled him within the Newlyn cricket membership. That’s the place his cricket journey started and he began enjoying for beneath 15s. He revealed in an interview that, 
  

  “I had a coach at under 15s who was very much about performance and being professional – working on our catching, our fielding, our skill work – rather than just going out and playing. That’s where the game became a lot more competitive and a lot more structured and I think that’s why I began to enjoy it a lot more.”

• He all the time needed to be a quick bowler. Once, he couldn’t make it to the New Zealand under-19 facet. However, Kenyan-born New Zealand cricketer Dipak Patel suggested him to make an alternation in his bowling and swap to spin bowling. Revealing in an interview to a neighborhood News Channel, he instructed
  

  “I switched from pace to spin as I felt that I was going to be limited with my progression in pace as I was not gonna get any taller. And because I was passionate about getting further with my cricket, I knew that I would need to make a change and try something else and I decided that spin was my strongest option.”

• In 2012, he joined the Taradale membership and began pursuing a home profession with the Central District. His bowling impressed Taradale’s coach Sean Davies a lot that he remarked,
  

  “His attitude towards club cricket is of a similar standard to how he conducts himself in the first-class game. He’s incredibly professional.”

  He additional provides,

  “Often you can see a first-class cricketer when they come back to club level, the effort’s not necessarily as good as it could be, but he’s the polar opposite. He’s a fantastic professional, in every sense.”

• Ajaz made his List-A debut on 27 December 2015 within the 2015-16 Ford Trophy. He was the main wicket-taker for his facet within the 2015–16 Plunket Shield season with 43 wickets. In the next two seasons, he emerged because the main wicket-taker in the identical match with 44 and 48 dismissals respectively. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season.
  

  Ajaz Bowling in a home match

• As a results of his constant performances within the home circuit, he made his worldwide debut for the New Zealand cricket staff in October 2018 in a T20I recreation the place he took one wicket whereas opening the bowling for his staff. In November, he made his Test debut towards the identical facet the place he took two and 5 wickets in each innings respectively. He ended his match spell with 123 runs in 47.4 overs and took seven wickets, with New Zealand profitable the match by 4 runs. He is the fifth Indian-origin cricketer to play for New Zealand after Ted Badcock, Tom Puna, Ish Sodhi, and Jeet Raval. During the identical tour, he was added to the ODI squad. However, he didn’t get an opportunity to play in that sequence.
  

  Ajaz Patel being congratulated by teammates after taking his maiden worldwide wicket towards Pakistan on 31 October 2018

  

  Ajaz Patel appeals efficiently for LBW towards Azhar Ali throughout his debut take a look at match at Abu Dhabi in November 2018

• In November 2021, Ajaz was added to New Zealand’s take a look at squad for the tour of India the place he will likely be enjoying two take a look at matches. The first match led to a draw with Ajaz taking two wickets within the first inning and one within the second. In the second take a look at in December 2021, Ajaz completed off together with his file spell of 10 for 119 runs. In the second inning, he took 4 wickets for 106 runs in 26 overs.
  

  Ajaz Patel appears to be like on the Honors Board at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on the finish of the primary day of the second take a look at towards India on 2 December 2021

  

  Team India’s coach Rahul Dravid congratulates Ajaz Patel for taking ten wickets towards India on 3 December 2021 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

• He as soon as revealed that his worldwide debut in Abu Dhabi is his most memorable cricket reminiscence.