{"id":178081,"date":"2026-06-08T00:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178081"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:16:53","slug":"ind-vs-afg-manav-suthar-picks-five-wickets-on-test-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178081","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AFG: Manav Suthar picks five wickets on Test debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71075287\">Manav Suthar completed his five-wicket haul on Test debut against Afghanistan at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Suthar became the 10th Indian bowler and seventh spinner to complete a five-for on Test debut.<\/p>\n<p>He finished with figures of six for 33 in 22 overs \u2014 joint third-best among Indians on debut. Narendra Hirwani registered the best two figures across innings against the West Indies in Chennai in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Suthar had also scored 28 runs with the bat.<\/p>\n<p><b>Best figures for Indians on Test debut<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1) Narendra Hirwani &#8211; 8\/61 vs West Indies, Chennai in 1988<\/p>\n<p>2) Narendra Hirwani \u2013 8\/75 vs West Indies, Chennai in 1988<\/p>\n<p>3) Manav Suthar &#8211; 6\/33 vs Afghanistan, New Chandigarh in 2026<\/p>\n<p>4) R Ashwin &#8211; 6\/47 vs West Indies, Delhi in 2011<\/p>\n<p>5) S Abid Ali &#8211; 6\/55 vs Australia, Adelaide in 1967<\/p>\n<p>6) Dilip Doshi &#8211; 6\/103 vs Australia, Chennai in 1979<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 08, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/manav-suthar-5-wickets-test-debut-record-india-vs-afghanistan\/article71075287.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manav Suthar completed his five-wicket haul on Test debut against Afghanistan at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Monday. Suthar became the 10th Indian bowler and seventh spinner to complete a five-for on Test debut. He finished with figures of six for 33 in 22 overs \u2014 joint third-best among Indians &#8230; <a title=\"IND vs AFG: Manav Suthar picks five wickets on Test debut\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178081\" aria-label=\"Read more about IND vs AFG: Manav Suthar picks five wickets on Test debut\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/India_Afghanistan_Cricket_98397.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178004,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178004","url_meta":{"origin":178081,"position":0},"title":"IND vs AFG: Manav Suthar picks wicket in first over on Test debut, joins rare club of Indians","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Debutant spinner Manav Suthar became only the eighth Indian to pick a wicket in his first over in Tests when he claimed the scalp of Afghanistan opener Abdul Malik during the one-off Test between the two sides in New Chandigarh on Sunday. 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