New Zealand cricketer Ajaz Patel was born on 21 October 1988. He is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket.
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New Zealand cricketer Ajaz Patel was born on 21 October 1988. He is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket. However, Patel is a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and made his international debut for New Zealand in October 2018. The next month, he made his Test debut for New Zealand, claiming five wickets in the second innings as well.
However, he emigrated with his family from Mumbai when he was only eight years old and he was formerly a left-arm pace bowler. In May 2020, New Zealand Cricket awarded him with a central contract, before the 2020–21 season as well. In December 2021, in the second match against India, Ajaz Patel became the third bowler in Test cricket to pick all ten wickets in an innings as well.
Notably, Patel made his List A debut on 27 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Ford Trophy where he picked up the most wickets in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield season, with 43 scalps as well. He was also the highest wicket-taker in the next season, with 44 wickets as well. However, in April 2018, he was named the Men’s Domestic Player of the Year at the New Zealand Cricket Awards, where he finished the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season as the highest wicket-taker, with 48 wickets in nine matches as well. However, in July 2022, he was signed by Glamorgan to play in their final four matches of the County Championship in England, where he picked up 14 wickets as well.
In November 2021, he was named to New Zealand’s Test squad for their two-match series in India. In the second Test, he took all ten wickets in the first innings of the match, finishing with figures of 10/119 from 47.5 overs as well. Patel became the third bowler, after Jim Laker in 1956 and Anil Kumble in 1999, to pick up all ten wickets in an innings of a Test match. In the second innings, Patel took a further four wickets and finished the match with 14/225, the best bowling figures in a Test match against India as well.
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His net worth is around $3 Million (approx).
He currently earns 2 Crore per year.
He earns Rs 4.2 Crore from his Indian Premier League franchise.
There is no record of his brand endorsements.
