Jharkhand spinner Shahbaz Nadeem Thursday broke a two-decade-old world record for best bowling figures in List A cricket, with an incredible haul of 8/10 against Rajasthan in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Chennai on Thursday.
Left-armer Nadeem, who has been knocking on the doors of the Indian team for a while now, ran through the Rajasthan batting in what was a sensational spell. Rajasthan were all out for 73 in 28.3 overs with Nadeem’s final figures reading 10-4-10-8.
The previous best was also an Indian in Delhi left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi, who achieved figures of 8/15 against Himachal Pradesh in a 1997-’98 match. Sanghvi appeared in just one Test for India, back in 2001 against Australia.
The 29-year-old Nadeem has played 99 First-Class matches, taking 375 wickets at 29.74. He has taken 124 wickets at the List A level in 87 games besides 89 victims in 109 T20s. He has been a consistent performer for Jharkhand in all formats for many seasons.
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