5 of the best Madhya Pradesh exports in Indian cricket

#3 Narendra Hirwani

Hirwani had some debut having picked up 16 wickets

He came. He saw. He conquered. And then he fell. The rise and fall of Narendra Hirwani could be labelled as a work of fiction, something you see in movies, but it was as real as it gets. Hirwani was born in Uttar Pradesh, but he made a name for himself while representing Madhya Pradesh in the domestic circuit.

On his debut for India, the leg spinner took 16 wickets while giving away 136 runs, which still stands as unbeaten as the best ever debut figures in Tests. He continued his bright start by taking 20 wickets in the following three Test matches, making his numbers of 36 wickets after four Tests the best ever by a bowler in that stage of their career.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t sustain this period of glory and was later dropped from the team, not before he set the still unbeaten record for the best debut figures by a bowler in international Test matches.