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IPL 2022: RR spinner Yuzvendra Chahal bags first HATTRICK of this season vs KKR

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Yuzvendra Chahal claimed the wickets of Shreyas, Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins off successive deliveries within the 17th over and turned the match on its head. He ended with 5/40 in his four overs.

RR spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (Source: Twitter)

Rajasthan Royals’ spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Monday (April 18) registered the main hattrick of IPL 2022 in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Chahal claimed the wickets of Shreyas, Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins off successive deliveries within the 17th over and turned the match on its head. He ended with 5/40 in his four overs.

Particularly, it’s the 21st hattrick within the IPL. Whereas feeble spinner Amit Mishra has achieved the feat thrice, this became once a first for Chahal. Sing the video of the hattrick here:

First Hattrick by @yuzi_chahal


In #TATAIPL 2022 #RRvKKR #IPL @rajasthanroyals pic.twitter.com/Yl9hLHaeM8

— Pooja (@PoojaKavi8) April 18, 2022

Chahal has now prolonged his lead at the break of the Crimson Cap tally with 17 wickets in his kitty. He is followed by SRH’s T Natarajan (12 wickets) and DC’s Kuldeep Yadav (11 wickets).

Talking in regards to the match, Jos Buttler’s 103-speed knock and Chahal’s five-fer powered Rajasthan Royals to an exhilarating seven-speed exercise over Kolkata Knight Riders at the Brabourne Stadium. Right here’s Rajasthan’s fourth exercise in six suits.

Chasing a noteworthy aim of 218, Kolkata Knight Riders did fight till the tip and the match became once made up our minds within the final over. Umesh Yadav and Sheldon Jackson dragged KKR to the verge of victory, 11 runs off the final six deliveries sooner than they fell quick by seven runs within the brink-of-the-seat thriller.

Quick rankings: Rajasthan Royals 217/5 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 103, Sanju Samson 38; Shimron Hetmyer 26 no longer out; Sunil Narine 2/21) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 210 all out in 19.4 overs (Aaron Finch 58, Shreyas Iyer 85, Umesh Yadav 21; Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40, Obed McCoy 2/41) by 7 runs

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