Shardul Thakur hat-trick vs meghalaya in ranji trophy 2025: Indian fast bowler Shardul Thakur has created history by taking a hat -trick for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match against Meghalaya at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy on Thursday. Starting bowling for Mumbai after bowling first against Meghalaya, Thakur Hat-Trick dismissed Anirudh B, Sumit Kumar and Jasakirat in the third over and then dismissed Nishant Chakraborty on the fourth ball of the innings. . He became the second bowler to take a hat -trick in the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy season against Pondicherry after Rishi Dhawan of Himachal Pradesh.
Apart from this, Shardul Thakur became the fifth bowler of Mumbai to take a hat -trick in the history of Ranji Trophy. The other four bowlers are Jahangir Behramji Khot (Bombay) vs Baroda in 1943/44, Umesh Narayan Kulkarni (Bombay) vs. Gujarat in 1963/64, Abdul Musabhoy Ismail (Bombay) vs Saurashtra in 1973/74 and Royston Herold Dies (Mumbai) vs. Bihar was taken in the 2023/24 season.
This season so far in seven matches, Thakur has scored 20 wickets and 297 runs with a century and two fifties. Apart from Thakur’s 4–14, Mohit Awasthi took two wickets, causing Mumbai to stop Meghalaya at 29-6 in 12 overs.
Mumbai, ranked third in Group A, will have to win the current match by an innings or 10 wickets to score a bonus points. With this, they will come on par with Jammu and Kashmir (29 points) and Baroda (27 points) is in second place. Mumbai will hop that Jammu and Kashmir or Baroda will not be able to score more than one point from their final round match in Vadodara.
(With IANS input)
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