Harshal Patel bagged a hat-trick and helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat holders Mumbai Indians by 54 runs in the Indian Premier leagu...
Harshal Patel bagged a hat-trick and helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat holders Mumbai Indians by 54 runs in the Indian Premier league on Sunday.
Patel flattened Mumbai’s batting with his medium-pace bowling as he sent back Hardik Pandya (3), Kieron Pollard (7) and Rahul Chahar (0) to get his first IPL hat-trick and return with figures of 4/17.
IPL 2021, RCB vs MI as it happened: Harshal Patel bags a hat-trick as Bangalore win by 54 runs
“I was thinking if the batters can’t pick my slower balls then the bowlers also will find it difficult to spot (referring to Rahul Chahar’s wicket that got him the hat-trick),” said Patel after the match. “I just bet on that. This was my sixth time being on a hat-trick and I finally got one, so pretty happy.”
RCB skipper Virat Kohli added: “What Harshal did tonight was unbelievable.”
Patel became the 17th bowler to take a hat-trick in the IPL. Amit Mishra has claimed a record three hat-tricks in IPL history, Yuvraj Singh bagged two, while 15 other bowlers, including Patel, have taken one each.
Here’s a look at all the hat-tricks taken in IPL history:
Hat-tricks in IPL
| Bowler | No of hat-tricks |
|---|---|
| Amit Mishra | 3 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 |
| 15 other bowlers | 1 |
