Haryana pace bowler Anshul Kamboj created history as he became only the third bowler to pick all 10 wickets in an innings in the Ranji Trophy during the Elite Group C match against Kerala at the Chaudhry Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Lahli on Friday.
Kamboj registered sensational figures of 10/49 in 30.1 overs to bowl out Kerala for 291 in their first innings.
The 23-year-old pacer is the third bowler to achieve the feat in Ranji Trophy after Bengal's Premangsu Chatterjee picked up 10/20 against Assam in 1956-57 and Rajasthan's Pradeep Sunderam bagged 10/78) against Vidarbha in 1985-86.
Anil Kumble, Subhash Gupte and Debashish Mohanty were the other Indians to take all 10 wickets in an innings in first class cricket.
"Haryana Pacer Anshul Kamboj has taken all 10 Kerala wickets in the 1st innings in RanjiTrophy He's just the 6th Indian bowler to achieve this feat in First-Class cricket & only the 3rd in Ranji Trophy," BCCI tweeted.
Kamboj, who had taken 8/48 on the second day, completed his record feat with the wickets of Basil Thampi and Shoun Roger on Day 3.
Kamboj also went past the landmark of 50 wickets in 19 first class matches.
Kamboj, who was picked by Mumbai Indians for the 2024 IPL after an impressive domestic season, recently represented the India A in the ACC Emerging Asia Cup tournament in Oman.
He was among the leading wicket-takers with 17 scalps from 10 matches as Haryana went on to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy title for the first time.
This season he became only the third pacer to record an eight-wicket haul in the Duleep Trophy, behind Mohanty (10/46) and Ashok Dinda (8/123).
Kamboj has 23 wickets from 15 List-A games to his name.
Best bowling figures in Ranji Trophy history:
10/20 – Premangshu Chatterjee – Bengal v Assam (1956-57)
10/49 – Anshul Kamboj – Haryana v Kerala (2024-25)
10/78 – Pradeep Sunderam – Rajasthan v Vidarbha (1985-86).
List of Indian bowlers with 10-wicket haul in First-Class cricket:
10/20 – Premangshu Chatterjee – Bengal v Assam (1956-57) - Ranji Trophy
10/46 – Debasis Mohanty – East Zone v South Zone (2000-01) - Duleep Trophy
10/49 – Anshul Kamboj – Haryana v Kerala (2024-25) 10/74
10/74 - Anil Kumble – India v Pakistan (1999) -- Kotla -- Test match
10/78 – Pradeep Sundaram – Rajasthan v Vidarbha (1985-86) - Ranji Trophy
10/78 – Subhash Gupte – Bombay v Pakistan Combined Services and Bahawalpur XI (1954-55).
