VISAKHAPATNAM: England bowler James Anderson on Friday grew to become the oldest tempo bowler to play a Check match on Indian soil, on the age of 41 years and 187 days, through the second Check towards India right here at Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.

Anderson after taking the bottom shattered the document that had withstood in Check cricket for 72 years. Lala Amarnath, an Indian cricketing legend, held the mantle because the oldest pacer to play a Check in India since 1952.

Amarnath was 41 years and 92 days previous when he performed his final Check match towards Pakistan at Eden Gardens.

Alongside Anderson and Amarnath, the record featured names like Ray Lindwall, Shute Banerjee, and Ghulam Guard, all of whom had left their indelible mark earlier than the cricketing panorama reworked in 1961.

Anderson additionally grew to become the fifth oldest participant to play a Check in India. Zimbabwe participant John Traicos has the document by enjoying on the age of 45 years 304 days in 1993.

Past the age-defying data, Anderson’s legacy in Indian circumstances extends to a different exceptional achievement; essentially the most Check wickets by a visiting bowler on Indian soil. Throughout three distinct eras of Indian cricket, Anderson’s deliveries have been the nemesis of stalwarts. Throughout 14 Check matches, Anderson has clinched 35 wickets.

Within the period when Sachin Tendulkar wielded his willow, Anderson dismissed Tendulkar 9 occasions, transitioning to the Virat Kohli period, the English speedster claiming the prized wicket of the Indian captain seven occasions.

Now, within the period of rising expertise, Anderson’s precision troubled the youthful Shubman Gill, claiming his wicket for the fifth time of their cricketing encounters.