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Hyderabad vs Mumbai: Debutant Alzarri Joseph breaks 11-year-old Indian Premier League record

Hyderabad vs Mumbai: Debutant Alzarri Joseph breaks 11-year-old Indian Premier League record

Alzzari Joseph

West Indies young pacer Alzzari Joseph made a dream debut in the Indian Premier League by recording the best bowling figures in the history of the tournament.

During Mumbai vs Hyderabad game, 22-year-old Joseph broke former Pakistani paceman Sohail Tanvir's 11-year-old record by claiming the figures of 6/12 in his 3.4 overs, which included one maiden over too.

Tanvir registered astonishing figures of 6 for 14 against MS Dhoni-led Chennai in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008.

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His six wickets included players like David Warner, his maiden wicket, Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Siddharth Kaul.

Despite registering a paltry score of 136 runs, Mumbai managed to defeat Hyderabad by 40 runs.

Led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hyderabad were all out for just 96 runs in 17.4 overs.