Captains sometimes use more bowlers than usual for the needs of the team. Usually there are 5-6 regular bowlers in a match, with part-time bowlers also rotating their hands when needed, this number can go up to 7, 8 or 9. But have you ever seen all the 11 cricketers in the recognized cricket team bowl?
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Such a strange incident was seen in India's domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. While playing against Manipur in the tournament, Delhi captain Ayush Badoni also bowled with everyone in the team.
This incident at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday (November 29) made history. Never before in T20 cricket has the entire playing XI been seen to bowl.
What was said at the beginning of the report is that usually in times of need or more precisely when the regular bowlers fail to deliver wickets, captains play all options to find success. However, the situation was not like that against Manipur.
Delhi's regular bowlers opened the bowling and took the opposition by storm. However, captain Badoni decided to put more pressure on the weak Manipur.
No Delhi bowler bowled four overs in the match. Three bowlers bowled three overs, three bowled two overs. The remaining five bowled one over.
Keeper Anuj Rawat bowled for the first time in the 129th match in recognized cricket. 14 runs come from his one over. Yash Dhul bowled for the first time in T20 cricket and Priyansh Arya stormed the IPL auction. Also bowled one over by debutants Akhil Chowdhury, Arya Rana, Ayush Singh, and Digvesh Rathi.
In the match, Manipur could not put up even the least resistance in front of Delhi. They were stuck at 120 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs due to Delhi's strange bowling plan. In reply, Yash Dhul came back to win the team by scoring 59 runs off 51 balls. Delhi win by 4 wickets with 9 balls to spare.
Incidentally, earlier in T20, the scenario of maximum 9 people bowling in an innings was seen. So far 9 bowlers bowling has been seen 32 times.
