Achievement Kuldeep took 5 wickets, in Australia, after 64 years, a left-hand spinner could do it

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Sydney Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets for 99 runs in the first innings of the Sydney Test against Australia. Along with that, he became the second wrist spinner in the left-hand arm of Australia, who took 5 wickets in 64 years. Prior to that, Johnny Wardley of England took 5 wickets in 795 runs in 1955.

The first Indian spinner to take 5 wickets in Australia in 11 years

Kuldeep is the second spinner to take five wickets in an innings in Test innings in Australia in the last 11 years. Prior to him, Anil Kumble took 5 wickets in 2007 at Melbourne with 5 wickets. However, Kuldeep is the sixth Indian spinner who has taken five wickets in Test cricket in Australia.

Prior to that, Anil Kumble 4 times in the innings of the Test in Australia, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3 times, Erapalli Prasanna 2 times, Bishan Singh Bedi 3 times and Shivlal Yadav once took five wickets.