New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel lauded senior Indian off-spinner R Ashwin after Twitter verified his account. 

India-born New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel scripted history as he took all 10 wickets in the innings against India in the recently concluded second Test in Mumbai to join the likes of Jim Laker and Anil Kumble in the elite list of bowlers with 10 wickets in an innings of a Test. 

The off-spinner went on to take 14 wickets in the match and was lauded by the cricket fraternity for his heroics, despite New Zealand losing the match by 372 runs.

Praising him for his 10-wicket haul, senior Indian spinner R Ashwin gifted him his jersey with signatures of all Indian players on it. If this was not enough, R Ashwin then requested Twitter to verify Ajaz Patel's account after the conclusion of the 2nd Test match in Mumbai. 

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Speaking to Indian Express, New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel revealed that his account got verified on Twitter and lauded R Ashwin for the gesture. 

"It’s good I got verified but there’s more attention now. Earlier, I could keep doing my work without getting noticed. It was a great gesture by Ravi Ashwin to request Twitter to verify my account," Ajaz Patel said. 

Ajaz Patel revealed that he never thought of creating a record but was only thinking to bowl out the Indian side as they were scoring a lot of runs.

"I was just thinking that we had to bowl the Indian side out because they were scoring a lot of runs. I never thought of creating a record. I became aware when I had taken the ninth wicket. I had only four balls left in my over and all I could think was to bowl them well. God willing, I got the wicket on the fourth ball," he said. 

(Indian Express inputs)