Who is 6 feet 4 inches tall Umar Nazir, who made Rohit Sharma yearn for a run and won the battle of 13 balls

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Age 31 years, height 6 feet, 4 inches, and name Umar Nazir. You may have hardly heard this name before. But, after the way he dealt with Rohit Sharma in the Ranji Trophy match, believe me, you will not forget his name. This bowler, playing from the Jammu Kashmir team, won a one-sided battle of 13 balls against Mumbai's star batsman Rohit. He wrote the script of his victory against Rohit by making him wait for a run and taking his wicket. This means that Rohit's account may have opened in the match but whenever he faced Umar Nazir, his bat seemed to be locked.

In the match between Mumbai and Jammu & Kashmir, Umar Nazir and Rohit Sharma faced each other for 13 balls. In this face-to-face clash in the first innings, Rohit did not score any runs on any of Umar's balls. His 13th ball also became the reason for Hitman getting out and returning to the pavilion. This means that Umar Nazir gave 0 runs on 13 balls against Rohit and also took his wicket.

Now the question is who is Umar Nazir, who tied down Rohit Sharma, famous as Hitman? And what kind of performance has he given in domestic cricket so far? 31-year-old Umar Nazir is a resident of the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. Born in 1993, right-arm fast bowler Umar Nazir has been consistently performing well for Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy. In the 2018-19 season of Ranji Trophy, he took 26 wickets at an average of 27.84. At the same time, in the 2019-20 season, he took 28 wickets at an average of 23.03. And in the 2022-23 season, he took 14 wickets in Ranji Trophy at an average of 22.28.

Umar Nazir made his first class debut in 2013. Since then, he has taken 138 wickets at an average of 29.12 in 57 matches played before the match against Mumbai. Umar Nazir also made his List A debut a year after his first class debut, in which he has taken 54 wickets in 36 matches so far.

Rohit Sharma may have scored 3 runs off 19 balls against Jammu and Kashmir. But, he did not score even a single run against Umar Nazir. Umar Nazir's devastating bowling was such that after dismissing Rohit, he also took the wickets of batsmen like Ajinkya Rahane and Hardik Tamore.