AR Patel captured five for 60 in England’s second innings in the just concluded second test at Chennai between India and England to provide the 167^th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets on test debut. He became the 158th bowler to capture five plus wickets on test debut.

It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets on test debut. AR Patel became the ninth Indian bowler to capture five plus wickets on test debut.

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Nissar	5-093	1	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	VV Kumar	5-064	2	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
3	S Abid Ali	6-055	1	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
4	DR Doshi	6-103	1	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
5	ND Hirwani	8-061	2	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
6	ND Hirwani	8-075	4	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
7	A Mishra	5-071	2	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
8	R Ashwin	6-047	3	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
9	Mohd Shami	5-047	3	Win	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
10	AR Patel	5-060	4	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

AR Patel became the second Indian bowler to capture five plus wickets on test debut against England after M Nissar. M Nissar had captured five for 93 against England at Lord’s in Jun 1932. This test was incidentally India’s first ever test match. Thus AR Patel emulated M Nissar in capturing five plus wickets on test debut after a gap of 88 years and 08 months.

No	Player	Wkts	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	M Nissar	5-093	1	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	AR Patel	5-060	4	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

AR Patel’s feat of five for 60 in this test provide the 49^th occasion of a bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut against England. He became the 46^th bowler to perform such a feat on test debut.