Boon or Bane: Bowlers who claimed Sachin Tendulkar as their maiden wicket on Test debut

#2 Ujesh Ranchod (Zimbabwe)

Ujesh Ranchod

Not many can claim to have Sachin Tendulkar as their only Test wicket, but that is Ujesh Ranchod’s only claim to fame in International Test cricket. In the only Test match of the series between India and Zimbabwe in March 1993, at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, Ranchod dismissed Tendulkar for 62, caught by John Traicos. The wicket had no impact on the game, as India, buoyed by Vinod Kambli’s double century, went on to make more than 500 runs, and inflicted an innings defeat on the hapless Zimbabweans. Ranchod never got to represent the country again at the Test level.