The Indian team lost to New Zealand by 113 runs in the Pune test on October 26. The Indian team failed in front of Kiwi veteran spinner Mitchell Santner. He took 13 wickets against India. But do you know that this is not the first time that a foreign bowler has come to the India and demolished the Indian batting line-up with his bowling. In this article, we will tell you about the foreign bowlers who came on India tour after the year 2000, and took more than 10 wickets in an innings.
During the Nagpur Test between India and Australia in 2008, Kreza took a total of 12 wickets. He took a total of 8 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. But despite this, India managed to win that match by 172 runs.
It was also the last match of former captain Sourav Ganguly, in the last moments of the match, the then captain Dhoni urged his captain Ganguly to conduct the team, which Dada also accepted.
In the Nagpur Test between India and South Africa in 2010, the African bowler Dale Steyn destroyed the entire Indian batting order, taking a total of 10 wickets in the match. He took 7 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings. South Africa was successful in winning this match by an innings and 6 runs.
In the Mumbai Test played between India and England in 2012, Monty Panesar took 11 wickets. Monty took 5 wickets in the first innings while 6 wickets in the second. England won the match by 10 wickets.
In the Pune Test played between India and Australia in 2017, Steve O'Keefe took a total of 12 wickets. He took 6-6 wickets in both innings. Australia crushed India by 333 runs thanks to Kefe's tremendous bowling.
A world record was made in the last home Test series between India and New Zealand, where Ajaz Patel took 10 wickets in a single innings. Ejaz took a total of 14 wickets in that match. Despite this, India was successful in winning that match by a huge margin of 372 runs.
In the Indore Test played between India and Australia in the year 2023, Nathan Lyon broke the back of Team India by taking 11 wickets. He took 3 wickets in the first innings and 8 wickets in the second innings, due to which the Kangaroo team defeated India by 9 wickets in that Test.
In the Pune Test between India and New Zealand in 2024, Mitchell Santner took a total of 13 wickets. He took 7 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second. Due to his brilliant performance, New Zealand won the match by 113 runs.