IPL 2021: A Look At Harshal Patel's Magnificent Hat-Trick In The 17th Over

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Harshal Patel just loves bowling to Mumbai Indians, it seems. As he took a hat-trick against a team that he had bullied with a five-wicket haul in their previous encounter of the IPL 2021.

In that match, during IPL 2021's India leg, the 30-year-old clinched the match for Royal Challengers Bangalore with just 2 runs. The performance had a bit of a history attached to it as Patel became the first player to take a fifer against the five-time champions in a match.

And on Sunday, Patel again scripted history by taking the first hat-trick of this season. He wreaked havoc in Dubai while bowling against the Rohit Sharma-led side in the Indian Premier League match no. 39.

After going wicket-less in the first two overs of his spell, he returned in the 17th over to claim his first-ever hat-trick in the tournament.

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The match, which was all set to become a cliffhanger was turned into a lop-sided affair by Patel. He took the scalps of Hardik Pandya, followed by Kieron Pollard, and finally Rahul Chahar in the 17th over of the innings.

Mumbai were well in the reckoning before Patel pulled off his heroics by coming up with a magical hat-trick when MI were 106/5 after 16 overs.

Patel dismissed Hardik Pandya on the very first ball as RCB captain Virat Kohli caught a tough one in the covers. Hardik was beaten by the lack of pace. The delivery was 113.6 km/h. Patel bowled an off-cutter to Hardik, who miscued the shot as Kohli completed a fine catch.

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