Gujarat Titans star spinner Rashid Khan on Sunday took the primary hat-trick of the Indian Premier League 2023 in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders. Bowling within the sixteenth over of the primary innings, Khan dismissed KKR’s Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur.
The Afghan spin wizard took her first wicket of the day by eradicating Russel who had scored only one run off two deliveries. At first, the umpire turned down the enchantment however GT reviewed the choice and the batter was given out.
On the very subsequent ball, Khan eliminated Sunil Narine for a duck. It was a Googly on leg and Narine tried to heave the ball which went straight to Jayant Yadav at deep midwicket.
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On the third ball of the over, Khan scalped Shardul Thakur’s wicket to finish his hat-trick. Thakur had reviewed the choice however it will definitely went in Gujarat’s favour.
With this hat-trick, Rashid Khan turned the fourth bowler within the IPL to realize the feat. Makhaya Nitini in 2008, Pravin Tambe in 2014 and Yuzvendra Chahal in 2022 are the opposite bowlers with hat-trick to their credit score in opposition to KKR.
Nonetheless, regardless of Khan’s valiant efforts with the ball, KKR received the match by three wickets courtesy of Rinku Singh’s cameo within the final over. With KKR needing 29 within the final over, the southpaw smashed 5 sixes in 5 balls to take the Knights residence.
Earlier, a outstanding fifty from Vijay Shankar helped Gujarat cross the 200-run mark and finish at 204/4 in 20 overs. It was a powerful end by the hosts the place they scored 45 runs within the final two overs that helped them put up a giant complete on the board.