WATCH | Samuel Badree bags first hattrick of IPL 2017
Having restricted RCB to a score of just 142 at the Chinnaswamy stadium, Mumbai Indians would have been well within their rights to think they were in complete control. But Samuel Badree had other plans as he picked up the first hat-trick of the current IPL season to bring RCB back into the game.
Bangalore welcomed Virat Kohli back to the team against Mumbai and the captain was straight into the mix scoring a brilliant 62 off just 47 balls. However, the team crumbled after his dismissal and could only manage 142 off their allotted 20 overs. Even though Kohli's innings was instrumental in getting Bangalore to a competitive total, it was another season debutant who put the home side into the drivers seat.
Having conceded just four runs of his first over, Badree showed off his skills with the ball in his next. The first ball of his over did not yield a run and with pressure mounting after not getting a single boundary in the first 13 balls, Parthiv Patel decided to target the West Indian leggie however Badree had other plans. Tempting the Mumbai batsman with a googly tossed up
With teams experimenting in the IPL, Rohit Sharma decided to try his luck as well sending Mitch McClenaghan at the number 4 spot. But the Kiwi mishit his first ball, a full toss,
Yesterday, Umesh Yadav had an hat trick opportunity but the Indian pacer was unable to
Badree has now joined the likes of Lakshmipathy Balaji, Makhaya Ntini, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ajit Chandila, Sunil Narine, Amit Mishra, Pravin Tambe, Shane Watson and Axar Patel as players to have an IPL hattrick to their name.
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