25 Unbelievable facts about Indian cricket

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

12. Only one person witnessed both Jim Laker and Anil Kumble pick a 10-wicket haul in an innings in Tests

First Test: Pakistan v India Day Four
First Test: Pakistan v India Day Four

Richard Stokes only watched two Tests throughout his life and both of them have left him with some of the best of memories. The first he watched when he was a 10-year-old kid. This game took place in 1956 at the Old Trafford. In this match, England's Jim Laker picked up all the ten wickets of Australia's innings making him the first bowler to achieve this monumental feat.

43 years later, Stokes was in India and went to the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi to watch the match between India and Pakistan. Yet again, in this match, Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble ended up picking all the ten wickets in the game. Thus, he became the only person to witness both the legends gulp all the wickets of the opposition live in the stadium.

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