Ex-Indian cricketer Salim Durani hails fellow Saurashtrian Ravindra Jadeja
Updated On: 22 December, 2016 06:22 PM IST | | Ajit Bezbaruah
<p>Salim Durani, who in 1962 claimed 10 wickets against England in Chennai, hails fellow Saurashtra left-arm spinner's identical feat against the same opponents in the same city on Tuesday after 54 years</p>

Ravindra Jadeja celebrates after dismissing Jake Ball to signal India’s win over England in the fifth Test at Chennai on Tuesday. Pic/PTI
The India vs England Test series kicked off at the historic cricketing state of Saurashtra. It ended in historic fashion as well. On Tuesday, India's left-arm spinning all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's 10 wickets in the Chennai Test caused a 4-0 series win for the hosts. In a happy coincidence, another left-arm spinner from Saurashtra — Salim Durani — claimed the same number of wickets to help Nari Contractor's 1961-62 men beat Ted Dexter's Englishmen for the first time in a series. That win was achieved in Chennai as well albeit at the Corporation Stadium and not at Chepauk.
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