Puducherry fast bowler Santa Murthy has made history in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Santa is the oldest bowler to take five wickets in T20 cricket. In a match against Mumbai, the 41-year-old Santa put his best record on this record. He has broken Kenut Tulloch’s 15-year record. Puducherry’s team defeated Mumbai by 6 wickets due to Santa’s performance.
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In a four-over spell at Wankhede Stadium, Pondicherry fired right into the Mumbai batting line. 4 #MUMvCAP #SayyadMushtaqAality20
His 5-wicket-winning videohttps://t.co/rd0WfGzMAp pic.twitter.com/6goTMjbDrz
– BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) January 17, 2021
At the Wankhede Stadium, Santa made his way to the pavilion for Mumbai’s first four batsmen, including the successful Jaiswal, Aditya Star, skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Siddharth Lad. Sujit Nayak took the wicket for the fifth wicket. Santa has achieved this special feat for 41 years and 129 days. Before that, Santa debuted first-class cricket at the age of 40 last year. The fast bowler took five wickets in that match. He also holds the record for the most wickets in a Ranji Trophy match at a very old age.
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Santa took just 20 runs in his four over spell and took five wickets. Due to their strong performance, Mumbai batted first and scored all 94 runs. Puducherry’s target of 95 runs in 19 overs lost 4 wickets. Under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav, this was the fourth consecutive defeat for Mumbai in the tournament, while Puducherry won the second of four matches.
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