Narendra Deepchand Hirwani

Born: 18 October 1968

He is a leg-spin bowler who played for India.
He is mainly remembered for his success on his Test debut.
His debut was in the final Test of the series at Madras.
The wicket was underprepared. India won an important toss and made 382.
He took three of the five West Indian wickets to fall on the second day.
On the third morning, He clean-bowled Vivian Richards with a googly which the batsman failed to pick and dismissed the remaining four batsmen to finish with 8 for 61.
This made him only the fourth bowler to take eight wickets in an innings on debut.
Set 416 to win in the second innings West Indies were dismissed in about 40 overs.
The batsmen tried to hit out, the result of which was five stumpings for the wicket-keeper Kiran More.
He took 8 for 75, for match figures of 16 for 136.
This bettered the record of Bob Massie who had taken 16 for 137 on his debut in 1972 and is still a record to date.
More success followed in the home series against New Zealand the next year.
The pitches afforded spin; He took 20 wickets in three Tests, and his partner Arshad Ayub 21.
In his first four Tests, he had taken 36 wickets, the most by any bowler at this stage of their career.