We wished to provide again: Ajaz Patel auctions off his 10-wicket haul match jersey for youngsters’s hospital in New Zealand

Ajaz Patel might be auctioning off his New Zealand jersey which he wore within the Mumbai Test match in opposition to India in hopes to boost cash for a youngsters’s hospital in Mumbai. The jersey is a bit of historical past within the cricketing circles as Patel is the one Kiwi to have taken a 10-fer in a single innings in a Test match.

Ajaz Patel and his spouse with the signed NZ shirt. (Courtesy: Instagram)

HIGHLIGHTSAjaz Patel ran by the Indian batting line-up within the second Test matchPatel took 14 wickets within the Test matchPatel’s contribution got here in a shedding trigger as Indian spinners dominated proceedings

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel has determined to public sale off his 10-wicket haul jersey for a noble trigger. Patel, who grow to be solely the third bowler within the historical past of worldwide cricket to select up 10 wickets in a single innings, has mentioned that he hopes that the cash raised from the public sale helps Starship Foundation – a youngsters’s hospital, to discover a Play Specialist in Starship’s Radiology Department.

Ajaz Patel had walked off to a standing ovation on the Wankhede Stadium after his feat and was congratulated by Indian captain Virat Kohli within the dressing room. Ravichandran Ashwin, India’s lead spinner within the collection gave him a signed Indian shirt on the finish of that day.

Speaking after the sport, Patel had mentioned that it was one of many best cricketing days of his life and possibly will stay to be on the high in his enjoying days.

On Thursday, 6 May, Patel took to Instagram to tell that he was going to public sale off his shirt.

“You may or may not have already seen it but, @starshipfoundation is auctioning a signed shirt of mine from the 10-wicket Test in Mumbai to raise money for a play therapist, while it was a special day for me, what they do to help kids and their families is even more significant and I hope the auction on @trademe can raise as many funds as possible for them,” wrote Patel.

He was requested by the Starship Foundation as to what prompted him to make the donation. Patel revealed an incident from final 12 months the place they needed to spend some nerve-wracking moments with their daughter and Starship had been of giant assist at the moment.

“My wife and I spent a couple of days in Starship with our daughter last year. It was a worrying time, but I realised how lucky we were to only need a short stay. Starship was amazing to us, and we wanted to give backthis is one way we can do that,” Ajaz was quoted as saying.