The 16-Year-Old Bowler From Manipur Becomes the Fourth Indian to Debut With Nine Wickets Taken

In Wednesday, Manipur medium bowler Pheiroijam Singh, who is only sixteen years old, became the fourth Indian to collect nine wickets on his first-class debut. This accomplishment took place during Manipur’s Ranji Trophy plate group encounter against Sikkim, which took place near Rangpo.

The adolescent who came back with numbers of 22-5-69-9 to join an elite list that features Vasant Ranjane (9/35, 1956-57), Amarjith Singh (9/45, 1971-72) and Sanjay Yadav (9/52, 2019-20), all of whom have claimed nine wickets on their first-class debut. The list includes all three of these players.

Sikkim’s score of 220 was bowled out by Manipur. It was the tenth best score in the history of first-class cricket and the fourth best score by an Indian player making their debut.

Sikkim started the second day with 58 runs without losing a wicket, but they continued to lose wickets throughout the day. Pheiroijam was the one who started the collapse, and it was all his fault.

He came close to becoming the first Indian to capture all 10 wickets on his first-class debut, but it was Rex Rajkumar who got rid of Anwesh Sharma (39) to end Sikkim’s innings in 73.1 overs. Sikkim’s innings was finished in that amount of time. Despite this, Pheiroijam contributed to the dismissal by snatching the catch that Sharma was supposed to make.

The only two bowlers in the history of cricket to take all 10 wickets in an innings in their first first-class appearance were the Englishman Albert Moss (10/38 in 1889-90) and the Australian Fitz Hinds (10/36 in 1900-01).

Sikkim, on the other side, got the upper hand and was able to take a narrow first innings lead while also bringing Manipur’s score down to 59/4 before stumps on day two. Across the board, Manipur is in the lead by only 25 runs with six wickets remaining.

Sumit Singh came back with the figures of 3/23 as the Manipur batters were having trouble getting a partnership started.

Manipur’s score at Rangpo was 186 and 59/4 after 19 overs (Basir Rahman scored 23 runs while batting, and Sumit Singh took three wickets). Sikkim 220; 73.1 overs (Sumit Singh 47, Arun Chettri 41; Pheiroijam Singh 9/69). A lead of 25 runs was held by Manipur. Continue with the match.

At Patna: Arunachal Pradesh 212. Bihar 367/4; 103 overs (Adhiraj Johri 118, Yashasvi Rishav 65, Sakibul Gani 66 batting). Bihar now has a lead of 155 runs. Continue with the match.

Mizoram finished their 23 overs with a score of 252 and 37/3. Meghalaya 171; 67.4 overs (Kishan Lyngdoh 40, Rajesh Bishnoi 35 batting; Avinash Yadav 6/39). Mizoram now has a lead of 118 runs. Continue with the match.