Jaydev Unadkat hat-trick makes Ranji Trophy history

Ranji Trophy: Jaydev Unadkat of Saurashtra made some Ranji Trophy history as he became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the first over. The left-arm pacer destroyed Delhi by adding two more in the next over in a career-best eight-wicket haul in the Elite Group B match in Rajkot.  Unadkat’s hat-trick victims included youthful Delhi captain Yash Dhull, Vaibhav Rawal, and opener Dhruv Shorey, all of whom were dismissed for no score. Unadkat completes with 8/39 in his 12 overs, the greatest statistics of his career.  Delhi, who lost 7 wickets for just 10 runs, didn’t face ignominy of lowest first-class score of 6 by a team called ‘The B’s’ against England in an official match held in 1810.

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No one had managed a first-over hat-trick in the 89-year history of the premier domestic competition. The previous record of the fastest Ranji hat-trick belonged to Karnataka pacer Vinay Kumar, who achieved the feat in the 2017-18 quarter-final against Mumbai. Kumar’s effort was spread across the first and third overs of the match.  Unadkat recently made his Test comeback in Bangladesh after a 12-year absence; he was playing in his 98th first-class encounter and his first Ranji game of the season.