Agency :
New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel has been named ICC’s Player of the Month for December following his incredible 10-wicket haul against India at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
Ajaz was nominated for the award alongside Mayank Agarwal and Mitchell Starc but beat them to it on the back of his incredibly rare feat.
Ajaz picked up 14 wickets in the Mumbai Test match in early December against India, including all 10 in the first innings, thereby becoming just the third player in Test history, after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble, to achieve the remarkable milestone.
The Mumbai-born Ajaz made a fairy tale comeback to his birth city in his first-ever tour of India with the Test team.
