Chennai: Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem 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 here, Thursday.
Nadeem ran through the Rajasthan batting as they were dismissed for 73 runs in 28.3 overs. Nadeem’s figures read 10-4-10-8. Jharkhand eventually won the game by seven wickets.
The previous best bowling effort was also in the name of an Indian in Delhi left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi, who achieved figures of 8/15 against Himachal Pradesh in a 1997-98 match.
“I didn’t know until some people told me that I had broken the world record. It feels really good to play for the state (team) and do well and help them win matches,” Nadeem told this agency reacting to his feat.
Nadeem also bagged a hat-trick in the match, dismissing MK Lomror (6), CD Bist (0) in the 20th over and T N Dhillon (1) off the first ball of the 22nd over. “I was happy with my performance and the hat-trick made it more special. It is nice to do that,” he said.
