Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Harshal Patel on Sunday picked up Indian Premier League's 20th hat-trick as he removed Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Chahar of Mumbai Indians (MI) off back-to-back deliveries in the 17th over.
Harshal, who became the first bowler to take a five-for against MI in the IPL 2021 opener earlier this year, picked up from where he left to become RCB's third bowler to pick a hat-trick in the league after Praveen Kumar (vs RR) in 2010 and Samuel Badree (vs MI) in 2017.
While Hardik miscued to Virat Kohli, Pollard exposed his middle and leg-stump, before being castled by the 30-year-old. Rahul was the next victim, trapped plumb in front of the sticks. Later, Harshal also picked up the wicket of Adam Milne to finish with impressive figures of 3.1-0-17-4.
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"This was my sixth time on a hat-trick. And just the first time I got it. Really happy!" Harshal told the broadcasters.
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With this performance, Harshal extends his lead at the top of the Purple Cap leaderboard, with 23 wickets, ahead of Delhi Capitals' Avesh Khan (15) and MI's Jasprit Bumrah (14).
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