Kolkata Club Cricket: Kalighat sign this player with more than 500 first-class wickets

Kalighat Cricket Club signed one of the most prominent names in Indian domestic cricket for the upcoming season of Kolkata Club Cricket . The club had already surprised each and everyone by signing the legendary trio of Anustup Majumdar, Manoj Tiwary and Wriddhiman Saha. Now, they have signed a player with more than 500 first-class wickets along with 300 wickets in List-A and T20s combined.

Kalighat sign Shahbaz Nadeem

Yesterday Kalighat Cricket Club announced the signing of Jharkhand legend Shahbaz Nadeem, who has played two tests for India, taking eight wickets in those games. The left-arm spinner has an experience of 140 first-class and nearly 300 white-ball games for Jharkhand and India A.

Shahbaz Nadeem is considered as one of the unluckiest Indian domestic cricketers, who had to wait for long to get that Indian cap. But, finally, he was called up as a cover for injured Kuldeep Yadav in Ranchi Test of 2019-20 against South Africa, where he made his test debut in front of his home crowd.

At the time of his test debut, Shahbaz had already taken 424 first-class wickets, 81 of which had came while playing for India-A. The left-arm spinner always had to suffer the rejections from the selection panel due to playing for a state whic used to play against weaker teams in the domestic circuit. 

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Not only that, before his debut, he had the best List-A figure as a bowler, when he took 8 wickets for 19 runs against Rajasthan in the 2018-19 season. Along with that, Shahbaz had taken more than 40 wickets in three seasons, but ended up in the other spectrum of the selection news. 

He was so unlucky that even after becoming the highest wicket taker in the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 season, he wasn't called for the Rest of India squad for the Irani trophy. However, the 35-year-old has lived dream of playing for India and still is an unmovable force in Indian domestic cricket.

Nadeem so far has taken 542 first-class wickets alongside 175 wickets in List-A and 125 wickets in T20s.

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With a player in stature of Shahbaz Nadeem playing for teams like Kalighat in Kolkata Club Cricket, it becomes an opportunity for youngsters of Bengal to learn the art of spin bowling from one of the best in India. With already legendary players like Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha and Anustup Majumdar in the team, it would be great for the Kolkata Cricket Club fans to watch Shahbaz Nadeem playing alongside the Bengal heroes in the upcoming season.