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Spinner opening bowling for India

Rajneesh Gupta | November 04, 2004 16:02 IST

Harbahajan Singh on Thursday opened the bowling with Zaheer Khan. This provided the rare instance of a spinner opening the bowling for India.

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A regular scene in Indian cricket in the seventies, this has not happened atleast for quite some time. In fact the last time a spinner opened for India was Anil Kumble against South Africa at Bangalore in 1999-00.

The following table lists the instances of a spinner/non-regular bowler opening the bowling for India in a Test since Kapil Dev's made his debut in 1978.

Bowler 1Bowler 2OpponentVenueSeasonRemarks
Kapil DevM AmarnathPakistanFaisalabad1978-79Kapil's debut Test
Kapil DevSM GavaskarPakistanLahore1978-79
Kapil DevDR DoshiAustraliaMelbourne1980-81Despite presence of Karsan Ghavri
Kapil DevSM PatilNew ZealandAuckland1980-81
Kapil DevRJ ShastriWest IndiesBombay1983-84
Kapil DevM AmarnathEnglandKanpur1984-85
Kapil DevRJ ShastriAustraliaSydney1985-86Despite presence of Chetan Sharma
Kapil DevM AmarnathPakistanJaipur1986-87
Kapil DevM AmarnathPakistanAhmedabad1986-87
Kapil DevM AmarnathWest IndiesMadras1987-88Hirwani's debut Test
Kapil DevArshad AyubNew ZealandBangalore1988-89
MM PrabhakarA KumbleEnglandMadras1992-93Despite presence of Kapil Dev
J SrinathSC GangulyAustraliaCalcutta1997-98
Harvinder SinghSC GangulyAustraliaBangalore1997-98
J SrinathSC GangulyNew ZealandKanpur1999-00
J SrinathA KumbleSouth AfricaBangalore1999-00
Zaheer KhanSC GangulyAustraliaMadras2000-01
J SrinathSC GangulyEnglandBangalore2001-02
Zaheer KhanHarbhajan SinghAustraliaMumbai (WS)2004-05
Note: Only the first-innings performances have been taken into consideration


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