Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh): Chandigarh eves U-19 skipper Kashvee Gautam etched her name in the record books by becoming the first ever Indian cricketer to take all 10 wickets in an innings in a limited overs match.
She achieved this feat in a Women's Under-19 One-Day Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh at KSRM College Ground, Kadapa on Tuesday. Kashvee ended up having figures of 10/12 in 4.5 overs, including a hat-trick in her second over.
Before her exploits with the ball, Kashvee also scored 49 off 68 balls as Chandigarh ended up with a total of 186 for 4 in 50 overs. Kashvee began the attack with the new ball and picked up two wickets in her first over, with both the players failing to get off the mark.
In her next over, she added three more wickets to her tally off successive deliveries, thus completing her five-wicket haul. All three wickets fell on last three balls of the over.
Kashvee's third over produced two more wickets as Chandigarh took complete control of the game.
The medium-pacer wound up the match in style in her next over, removing remaining three players in the 9th over of the innings
Arunachal Pradesh were bundled out for a paltry 25 as Chandigarh won the match by 161 runs.
In international cricket, only two players have managed to achieve this incredible feat. England off-spinner Jim Laker was the first bowler in history to pick all 10 wickets in a Test innings in 1956 against Australia, while Kumble achieved this feat in a Test match against arch-rivals Pakistan in Delhi in 1999.
