File picture of Shardul Thakur© X (Twitter)
India seamer Shardul Thakur claimed a hat-trick for Mumbai in opposition to Meghalaya in a must-win Ranji Trophy match on the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy on Thursday. Opening the bowling for Mumbai after the aspect selected to bowl first in opposition to Meghalaya, Thakur dismissed Anirudh B, Sumit Kumar, and Jaskirat within the third over earlier than dismissing Nishant Chakraborty on the fourth ball of the innings. He turned the second bowler to take a hat-trick within the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy season after Himachal Pradesh’s Rishi Dhawan in opposition to Pondicherry. Furthermore, the 33-year-old turned the fifth bowler from Mumbai to take a hat-trick within the Ranji Trophy historical past.
Different 4 bowlers are Jehangir Behramji Khot (Bombay) vs Baroda in 1943/44, Umesh Narayan Kulkarni (Bombay) vs Gujarat in 1963/64, Abdul Moosabhoy Ismail (Bombay) vs Saurashtra in 1973/74 and Royston Harold Dias (Mumbai) vs Bihar in 2023/24 season.
In seven matches up to now this season, Thakur has registered 20 wickets and 297 runs with a century and two fifties.Moreover Thakur’s 4-14, Mohit Avasthi took two wickets as Mumbai diminished Meghalaya to 29-6 in 12 overs.
Positioned third in Group A, Mumbai would require to win the continued match by an innings or 10 wickets to safe the bonus level. That may tie them with J&Okay (29 factors) with Baroda positioned second at (27 factors).
Mumbai might be hoping that both J&Okay or Baroda would not earn multiple level from their final-round match in Vadodara.
Matters talked about on this article
