IPL 2018: Bowlers who have picked hat-tricks in the tournament
We take a look at a few bowlers who have taken hat-tricks in the IPL thus far.
12. Samuel Badree – 1
Playing his first match for his franchise in the tenth edition of IPL, Samuel Badree took his first hat-trick in IPL games. It came on a low and slow Bengaluru against a well-settled Indians’ lineup. This was yet another evidence of why leg-spinners are being so effective in the modern day cricket that enables them to spin the ball on any given surface. Badree was accurate in his lengths from ball one and was in the midst of a brilliant spell when he inflicted the first hat-trick of the season. It was a low scoring game but Badree’s spell with the ball wasn’t quite enough for the mighty Mumbai to cease them from victory.
In the second ball of the third over of the innings, Patel wanted to hit Badree’s googly over the extra-cover region, but presented a catch for Chris Gayle. In the next ball, McClenaghan failed to get hold of a full toss and gave a simple catch to Mandeep Singh at long-on. And then Badree pulled out his googly again and completely foxed Rohit Sharma in the next delivery. Rohit misjudged the ball, let the ball pass through his bat and pad and got out bowled. Despite of such heroics, Bangalore suffered a defeat in their own backyard courtesy some down the order good batting at the display from the elder of the Pandya brothers, Krunal.
Batsmen dismissed: Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan and Rohit Sharma
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