Tehelka was created by taking 16 wickets in the debut test, spinner Narendra Hirwani has another strong record in his name

New Delhi. Narendra Hirwani was such an unfortunate cricketer, whose career could not last long despite having mastered the art of spin bowling. Hirwani, who made his debut in Chennai against the West Indies in 1988, took 8-8 wickets in both innings of the first Test. This record of ‘Heeru’ of taking 16 wickets by giving 136 runs in Test debut has not been broken even after 34 years and it does not seem that it will ever be broken in future. In this Test played in January 1988, right-arm wrist spinner Hirwani took 8 for 61 in 18.3 overs in the first innings and 8 for 75 in 15.2 overs in the second innings. Due to his charismatic bowling, India won this Test match by a huge margin of 255 runs on the fourth day itself.

Let me tell you, the West Indies team against which Hirwani did the charisma of taking 8-8 wickets in both the innings was not ordinary. The team included stalwarts like Desmond Haines, Phil Simmons, Richie Richardson, Viv Richards, Gus Logie, Carl Hur and Jeff Dujon.

Has taken 4 wickets in consecutive ODIs
Apart from this record, another record is also in the name of Hirwani, about which not many people know. He was the first bowler in India and the world to achieve the feat of taking four wickets in three consecutive innings in ODIs. In 1988, Hirwani took four for 43 against New Zealand in Sharjah on March 27, four for 46 against New Zealand on April 1 and four for 50 against West Indies on October 16. There were tremors.

Left home and came to Indore in the desire to play cricket

Hirwani, 54, has had a stellar first-class career. Born on October 18, 1968 in Gorakhpur, UP, Hirwani was so eager to learn cricket that he left home and moved to Indore city of Madhya Pradesh. Under the guidance of Sanjay Jagdale, who was the secretary of BCCI, he improved the skills of spin bowling. Hirwani’s weight was very high at a young age, in the desire to play cricket for the country, he also reduced many kilos. Hirwani took 66 wickets in 17 Tests at an average of 30.10 while in 18 ODIs he took 23 wickets at an average of 31.26.

More than 700 wickets in first class cricket

Hirwani has 732 wickets in 167 matches of first-class cricket. 54 times he achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in an innings and 10 times in an innings of 10 or more wickets. Hirwani has been the spin bowling coach at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for many years and has been instrumental in honing the skills of spinners like Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav there.

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