AR Patel of India captured five for 60 in England’s second innings in the just concluded second test between India and England at Chennai to provide the 52^nd occasion of a spin bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut. It also provides the 17^th occasion of a left hand spin bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WH Cooper	6-120	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
2	R Peel	5-051	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1884
3	A Rose-Innes	5-043	2	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889
4	GA Rowe	5-115	1	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	02 Mar 1896
5	LC Braund	5-061	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1901
6	DW Carr	5-146	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
7	GHTS-Hayward	6-043	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	01 Jan 1910
8	HV Hordern	5-066	4	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
9	CV Grimmett	5-045	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27 Feb 1925
10	CV Grimmett	6-037	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27 Feb 1925
11	J Langridge	7-056	3	Eng	Win	Manchester	22 Jul 1933
12	CS Marriott	5-037	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1933
13	CS Marriott	6-059	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1933
14	FA Ward	6-102	3	Aus	Eng	Brise	04 Dec 1936
15	JC Laker	7-103	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948
16	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
17	R Berry	5-063	2	Eng	Win	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
18	AM Moir	6-155	2	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	17 Mar 1951
19	VV Kumar	5-064	2	Ind	Pak	Delhi	08 Feb 1961
20	Mohd Nazir	7-099	2	Pak	NZl	Karachi	24 Oct 1969
21	PH Edmonds	5-028	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
22	DR Doshi	6-103	1	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
23	TG Hogan	5-066	3	Aus	Srl	Kandy	22 Apr 1983
24	NGB Cook	5-035	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	11 Aug 1983
25	PL Taylor	6-078	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
26	ND Hirwani	8-061	2	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
27	ND Hirwani	8-075	4	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
28	PM Such	6-067	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
29	PJ Wiseman	5-082	4	NZl	Srl	Col-RPS	27 May 1998
30	Shahid Afridi	5-052	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	22 Oct 1998
31	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
32	NO Perry	5-070	3	Win	Aus	Kingston	13 Mar 1999
33	Naimur Rahman	6-132	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
34	A Mishra	5-071	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
35	JJ Krejza	8-215	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
36	Mahmudullah	5-051	4	Ban	Win	Kingstown	09 Jul 2009
37	NM Lyon	5-034	2	Aus	Srl	Galle	31 Aug 2011
38	Elias Sunny	6-094	2	Ban	Win	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011
39	R Ashwin	6-047	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
40	Sohag Gazi	6-074	3	Ban	Win	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
41	J Nyumbu	5-157	2	Zim	SAF	Harare	09 Aug 2014
42	Taijul Islam	5-135	1	Ban	Win	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
43	AU Rashid	5-064	3	Eng	Pak	A Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
44	MH Miraz	6-080	1	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016
45	A Dananjaya	5-024	4	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	08 Feb 2018
46	Bilal Asif	6-036	2	Pak	Aus	Dub-DSC	07 Oct 2018
47	AY Patel	5-059	4	NZl	Pak	A Dhabi	16 Nov 2018
48	Nayeem Hasan	5-061	2	Ban	Win	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018
49	L Embuldeniya	5-066	3	Srl	SAF	Dur	13 Feb 2019
50	Amir Hamza	5-074	2	Afg	Win	Lucknow	27 Nov 2019
51	Nauman Ali	5-035	3	Pak	SAF	Karachi	26 Jan 2021
52	AR Patel	5-060	4	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Peel	5-051	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1884
2	A Rose-Innes	5-043	2	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889
3	GA Rowe	5-115	1	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	02 Mar 1896
4	J Langridge	7-056	3	Eng	Win	Manchester	22 Jul 1933
5	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
6	R Berry	5-063	2	Eng	Win	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
7	PH Edmonds	5-028	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	14 Aug 1975
8	DR Doshi	6-109	1	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
9	TG Hogan	5-066	3	Aus	Srl	Kandy	22 Apr 1983
10	NGB Cook	5-035	2	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	11 Aug 1983
11	Elias Sunny	6-094	2	Ban	Win	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011
12	Taijul Islam	5-135	1	Ban	Win	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014
13	AY Patel	5-059	4	NZl	Pak	A Dhabi	16 Nov 2018
14	L Embuldeniya	5-066	3	Srl	SAF	Dur	13 Feb 2019
15	Amir Hamza	5-074	2	Afg	Win	Lucknow	27 Nov 2019
16	Nauman Ali	5-035	3	Pak	SAF	Karachi	26 Jan 2021
17	AR Patel	5-060	4	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021

AR Patel of India captured five for 60 in England’s second innings in the just concluded second test between India and England at Chennai to provide the eleventh occasion of a spin bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut against England. It also provides the fourth occasion of a left hand spin bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

The immediate previous occasion of a left arm spin bowler capturing five plus wickets on test debut against England is credited AL Valentine who had figures of 8 for 104 at Manchester in Jun 1950. Thus after a gap of 70 years and eight months a left arm spinner emulated AL Valentine to capture five plus wickets on test debut against England. It is interesting to note that AL Valentine and AR Patel are the two left arm spinners to capture five plus wickets on test debut after 19^th century. AL Valentine performing the feat in 19th century and AR Patel in the 20th century

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WH Cooper	6-120	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
2	A Rose-Innes	5-043	2	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889
3	GA Rowe	5-115	1	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	02 Mar 1896
4	CV Grimmett	5-045	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27 Feb 1925
5	CV Grimmett	6-037	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27 Feb 1925
6	FA Ward	6-102	3	Aus	Eng	Brise	04 Dec 1936
7	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
8	AM Moir	6-155	2	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	17 Mar 1951
9	PL Taylor	6-078	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
10	MH Miraz	6-080	1	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016
11	AR Patel	5-060	4	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Rose-Innes	5-043	2	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889
2	GA Rowe	5-115	1	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	02 Mar 1896
3	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
4	AR Patel	5-060	4	Ind	Eng	Chennai	13 Feb 2021