2 min learnUp to date: Jun 8, 2026 11:31 AM IST
In a dream Check debut, left-arm spinner Manav Suthar picked up a five-wicket haul in his first innings in the course of the one-off Check between India and Afghanistan on the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh on Monday.
Suthar turned solely the second Indian bowler after Amit Mishra to select up 5 wickets in his maiden Check innings.
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Suthar had a dream begin to his Check profession, selecting a wicket off his first over, which made him solely the second Indian within the twenty first century after Tinu Yohannan to take a wicket in his very first over.
Manav Suthar turns into solely the second Indian man this century to get a five-wicket haul in his first innings on Check debut. Knocks over Rahmat Shah to say an outstanding fifer.#INDvsAFG pic.twitter.com/PTft4mqkWt
— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal) June 8, 2026
The spinner from Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan cleaned up set batter Rahmat Shah within the 58th over of the innings to finish his fifer. He then eliminated Saleem Safi for a duck to select his second wicket of the over and his sixth of the innings.
Suthar completed with figures of 22-10-33-6.
His six-fer makes him the Indian bowler with the third-best figures on debut innings. Narendra Hirwani, who had picked two eight-wicket hauls, holds the file for one of the best figures on debut.
Indians to register five-wicket haul in Check debut innings
Mohammad Nissar – 5/93 vs England (1932)
Vaman Kumar – 5/64 vs Pakistan (1961)
Abid Ali – 6/55 vs Australia (1967)
Dilip Doshi – 6/103 vs Australia (1979)
Narendra Hirwani – 8/61 vs West Indies (1988)
Amit Mishra – 5/71 vs Australia (2008)
Manav Suthar – 6/33 vs Afghanistan (2026)*
Indian bowlers to select a wicket within the first over of Check debut
Montu Banerjee vs West Indies (1948)
Manohar Hardikar vs West Indies (1958)
Vaman Kumar vs Pakistan (1961)
Chetan Sharma vs Pakistan (1984)
WV Raman vs West Indies (1988)
Nilesh Kulkarni vs Sri Lanka (1997)
Tinu Yohannan vs England (2001)
Manav Suthar vs Afghanistan (2026)*