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Left-arm pacer registers incredible bowling figures of 4-4-0-10

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T20 cricket by design is a batsman's game, but try telling that to Akash Choudhary, a 15-year-old left-arm medium pacer from Rajasthan. Choudhary would most certainly shoot back with his most recent bowling performance in a T20 game, that reads: 4-4-0-10.

Left-arm pacer registers incredible bowling figures of 4-4-0-10

Before you go back to read that again, the bowling figures of four overs, four maidens, zero run and ten wickets actually does belong to Choudhary. He claimed all the wickets to fall for Pearl Academy in a local T20 tourney, Late Bhawer Singh T20 tournament, playing for Disha Cricket Academy in Japiur on Wednesday.

According to PTI, Pearl Academy chose to field after winning the toss and restricted Disha Cricket Academy to 156 in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, Pearl Academy were bundled out for just 36, thanks to Choudhary's incredible feat.

The left-arm pacer started with two wickets in the first over, had another two each in the second and third overs and four wickets in his final over, which included a hat-trick.

But as rare and unheard the bowling analysis my sound, you would be surprised to know that at the international level there have been quite a few instances where a bowler has taken more than one wicket without conceding a run. However, a perfect ten, with a perfect economy is something that may not ever be replicated.

Below is the list of bowlers to have taken more than one wicket without conceding a run:

3.4-3-0-3 - Richie Benaud (Australia) vs India (Test) in 1959

5-5-0-2 - Gill Smith (England Women) vs Ireland Women (Women's ODI) in 1990

1-1-0-2 - Andy Bichel (Australia) vs Namibia (ODI) in 2003

0.2-0-0-2 - Mitchell Santner (New Zealand) vs Australia (ODI) in 2016

3.2-3-0-4 - Dane van Niekerk (South Africa Women) vs West Indies Women (Women's ODI) in 2017

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Mumbai's 500th Ranji Trophy match: Sachin Tendulkar shares memorable moment.

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Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar singled out the Ranji Trophy semifinal between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu played at the Wankhede Stadium in the 1999-2000 season as his most memorable game in the championship.

"I will say it was the 1999-2000 semifinal against Tamil Nadu," said Tendulkar to a query to him at the function to celebrate Mumbai's 500th Ranji game against Baroda commencing on Thursday.

He also described how Mumbai overtook Tamil Nadu's first innings score of 485 successfully with him at the crease with last man Santosh Saxena.

Tendulkar, who struck a double century, said that after the ball got changed by the umpires, it suddenly started to reverse.

"I started to stand outside the crease and Hemang Badani will tell the bowler from point in Tamil that I was standing outside. I then went back into the crease when the bowler started his run-up. After the match, I told Badani that I understand Tamil", he told the gathering at the Mumbai CA's Sharad Pawar academy at the Bandra-Kurla complex.

Mumbai went on to win the game by eight wickets. Tendulkar also pointed out that Mumbai's success percentage in the Ranji matches was 47 per cent.

"If I say it's unbelievable, it's an understatement," said the champion batsman and scorer of 100 international hundreds.

Other former cricketers, who spoke about their time in the championship and Mumbai's domination were Madhav Apte, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sudhir Naik, Sanjay Manjrekar and Amol Muzumdar.

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