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Aaqib Nabi made his county debut for Surrey a memorable one. Against Yorkshire, he took 2 wickets and hit a six at a crucial time and brought the team closer to victory.

Auqib Nabi smashed six: The Indian cricket team has to play a two-match Test series on the tour of New Zealand later this year. Keeping this series in mind, Team India has started its preparations from now. As part of this preparation, BCCI has sent Aaqib Nabi, who is involved in the fast bowling setup, to England to play county cricket. Although Aaqib has not yet got a chance to debut in international cricket, he has definitely impressed with his performance in the County Championship.

Auqib Nabi is making his county debut for Surrey. In the Division One match against Yorkshire, he showed his strength with both ball and bat. While in bowling he had two wickets to his name in both the innings combined, he made an important contribution for the team in the fourth innings of the match when Surrey was just a few runs away from victory. Aaqib almost closed the gap between the target and the team by hitting a six.

Surrey needed 8 runs to win, Auqib Nabi hit a six

In the match against Yorkshire, Surrey had a target of 185 runs to win in the fourth innings. While chasing the target, Surrey had lost 8 wickets by the time they reached 170 runs. After this, Auqib Nabi came out to bat and along with Josh Blake, they made an important partnership of 13 runs for the 9th wicket. When Surrey needed 8 runs to win, Aaqib hit a brilliant six on the leg side off Ben Coad and brought the team very close to victory. However, on the very next ball he was caught out on the personal score of 8 runs. After this, Daniel Worrell sealed Surrey’s victory by hitting a four.

Auqib Nabi’s brilliant performance in bowling too

Talking about the bowling performance of Auqib Nabi, he bowled impressively in both the innings. In the first innings, he took his first county wicket of Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav, playing for Yorkshire. After this, in the second innings too, Aaqib bowled James Wharton with his brilliant inswing ball and took an important wicket.

He bowled a total of 20 overs in both the innings, taking 2 wickets while conceding 50 runs. Keeping in mind the situation in New Zealand, the opportunity to play county cricket in England is considered very important for Aaqib (Auqib Nabi) and his contribution with the ball as well as the bat in the debut match is good news for the team management.