As a result of the 10-for, he has something to do as he quarantines when he goes back home
Ajaz ended the first day on four wickets, and when leaving he had his eye on the stadium’s honours board. “I mean I knew leaving here last night there was still work to do,” he said. “I really really wanted to get my name on the honours board. I had no expectation of it going up in this fashion. It is very special and pretty cool. One of the first things I saw when I got off was my name is definitely going to be on the honours board now.”
The final few moments of the 10-for left Ajaz nervous, especially as the last catch, a skier, wobbled on its way down. “We back Rachin [Ravindra] to be under that but I saw the ball wobble a bit while coming down so I was a bit nervous for a second, but Rachin took a brilliant catch,” Ajaz said. “I said to Neil Wagner who ran on just before the 10th wicket, I am more nervous now than I have been all game. It was pretty special. Knowing that you are going to achieve something special was quite unbelievable, and I am just ecstatic that I got to do it in Mumbai.
“Personally I think one of the greatest cricketing days in my life. And it will probably always be.”
Sidharth Monga is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo