AY Patel’s 10 for 119 for New Zealand against India at Mum-WS in the second test which had a start date of 03 Dec 2021 was in a losing cause. His figures now represent the best bowling figures in an innings in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket. The previous best innings figures in a losing cause was credited to N Kapil Dev of India. His figures of 9 for 83 against West Indies at Ahmedabad in Nov 1983 had gone in vain. Thus it took 38 years to better the bowling figures of N Kapil Dev. The following table lists the five bowlers who have witnessed their nine plus wickets in an innings going in vain.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	10-119	1	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	Ind	Win	Ahmedabad	Nov 1983
3	JM Noreiga	09-095	2	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1971
4	SP Gupte	09-102	1	Ind	Win	Kanpur	Dec 1958
5	KA Maharaj	09-129	1	SAF	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 2018

AY Patel’s figures now represent the best bowling figures in an innings in a losing cause in the annals of test cricket against India.  The previous best innings figures in a losing cause against India were credited to JM Noreiga of West Indies. His figures of 9 for 95 against India at Trinidad in March 1971 had gone in vain. Thus it took 50 years to better the bowling figures of J Noreiga. The following table lists the two bowlers who have witnessed their nine plus wickets in an innings going in vain against India.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AY Patel	10-119	1	NZl	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 2021
2	JM Noreiga	09-095	2	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1971

A Close look at the five bowlers who have witnessed their nine plus  wickets in an innings in a losing cause will reveal one thing – All the five bowler’s feats have relation to India. AY Patel and KA Maharaj are Indian origin bowlers, N Kapil Dev and SP Gupte are Indian bowlers, while JM Noreiga’s feat came against India