After Bhuvi, now this bowler’s hat-trick created a sensation, a flurry of wickets in the last over.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Felix Alemao
December 5 was a very special day for Indian bowlers in domestic cricket. In a single day, two bowlers achieved a big feat by taking hat-tricks. Star bowler Bhuvanveshwar Kumar did the amazing job of taking the first hat-trick against Jharkhand. Playing as the captain of Uttar Pradesh, Bhuvanveshwar Kumar dismissed 3 batsmen in 3 consecutive balls in the Group C match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In this way Bhuvi’s team was successful in defeating Jharkhand by 10 runs.
Batting first, Uttar Pradesh team scored 160 runs for eight wickets. In response, Jharkhand team, which came to bat, lost three wickets cheaply. Jharkhand team had scored 116 runs in the 16th over and Anukul and Robin Minz were present at the crease. But in the 17th over, Bhuvneshwar dismissed Minz first. After this, he did the miracle of taking a hat-trick by dismissing Balakrishna and Vivekananda Tiwari on the next two balls. With this Jharkhand was completely out of the match. Bhuvneshwar gave only 6 runs while making 1 maiden in four overs and took three wickets including a hat-trick.
Amazing hat-trick by 2 bowlers in one day
Shortly after Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a hat-trick, Goa bowler Felix Alemao created a sensation by taking a hat-trick. This hat-trick of Felix Alemao came in the match against Nagaland. Batting first in this match, Goa scored a huge score of 237 runs in 20 overs. Darshan Misal scored the highest score of 91 runs for Goa. He played this brilliant innings with a strike rate of 293 in 31 balls.
Flurry of wickets in the last over
Nagaland team looked completely helpless in response to Goa’s huge score. Till 19 overs, Goa’s score was 122 runs for 7 wickets and the team needed 116 runs to win. The last over was just a formality but Felix created excitement with his bowling. He spent 8 runs on the first three balls but did the trick of taking a hat-trick by dismissing 3 batsmen on the last 3 balls. In this way, two bowlers created a record of taking a hat-trick in a single day in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
