Gujarat Titans' star spinner Rashid Khan registered the first hat-trick of IPL 2023 against the Kolkata Night Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Rashid, considered one of the best in his trade, completed the hat-trick in the 17th over against KKR.
The Afghan spinner, who deputised as the standing captain in place of regular skipper Hardik Pandya, dismissed Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur off consecutive deliveries to choke KKR in their chase of 205.
The first was a back-of-a-length Googly on the leg stump which Russell missed completely and it ended up popping up from his thigh pad into the keeper's gloves. He was given not out by the on-field umpire but Titans reviewed the decision which revealed there was an inside edge on to his pad.
𝐇𝐀𝐓-𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧! 👏 👏
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Andre Russell ✅
Sunil Narine ✅
Shardul Thakur ✅
We have our first hat-trick of the #TATAIPL 2023 & it's that man - @rashidkhan_19! 🙌 🙌
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In the second delivery, Sunil Narine was sent packing after he tried to clear the lines over deep mid-wicket but was caught by Jayant Jadhav on the boundary.
Whereas his next victim was Shardul Thakur who failed to pick a Googly and the ball smashed into his pads right in front of the middle and off stump.
However, his heroics was not enough to fire Titans over the line as Rinku Singh's five sixes in the last over off Yash Dayal helped KKR script an extra ordinary victory by three tickets.
How many IPL wickets does Rashid Khan have?
Rashid Khan's bowling record in the IPL is as follows:
- Matches: 95
- Wickets: 117
- Best figures: 4/24
- Average: 20.73
- Economy rate: 6.44
