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Mumbai, Jan 30: India seamer Shardul Thakur claimed a hat-trick for Mumbai against Meghalaya in a must-win Ranji Trophy match here at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy on Thursday. Opening the bowling for Mumbai after the side chose to bowl first against Meghalaya, Thakur dismissed Anirudh B, Sumit Kumar, and Jaskirat in the third over before dismissing 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 after Himachal Pradesh’s Rishi Dhawan against Pondicherry.
Shardul Thakur Claims Maiden FC Hat-Trick, All-Rounder's Four-Wicket Haul Rattles Opposition to 2/6 During Mumbai vs Meghalaya Ranji Trophy 2024-25 . Moreover, the 33-year-old became the fifth bowler from Mumbai to take a hat-trick in the Ranji Trophy history. Other four 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 thus far this season, Thakur has registered 20 wickets and 297 runs with a century and two fifties. Shardul Thakur Responds to India Test Cricket Team Snub After Heroics for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy 2024–25, Says ‘When Someone Has Quality; He Should Be Given More Chances’ . Besides Thakur's 4-14, Mohit Avasthi took two wickets as Mumbai reduced Meghalaya to 29-6 in 12 overs.
Placed third in Group A, Mumbai will require to win the ongoing match by an innings or 10 wickets to secure the bonus point. That will tie them with J&K (29 points) with Baroda placed second at (27 points). Mumbai will be hoping that either J&K or Baroda doesn’t earn more than one point from their final-round match in Vadodara.
--IANS bc/ (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 30, 2025 01:30 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com ).
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