Bhuvneshwar became the second bowler to take 5 wickets in IPL 2023, hat-trick did not happen even after falling 4 wickets in an over
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled brilliantly against Gujarat Titans. He took 5 wickets for 30 runs in his spell of 4 overs. A total of 4 wickets fell in Bhuvneshwar’s last over.
In the 62nd match of IPL 2023, experienced bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled brilliantly against Gujarat. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 5 wickets for 30 runs in his 4 over spell. Bhuvi has become the second bowler to take 5 wicket haul in the 16th season of IPL. Before him, Mark Wood of Lucknow Super Giants took 5 wickets for 14 runs. Also Bhuvi took his second 5 wicket haul in IPL history. Earlier, he had taken five wickets in 2017.
How could the hat-trick not happen?
Let us tell you that Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the last over of Gujarat’s innings brilliantly. Four wickets fell in his over, three of which were consecutive. Despite this, Bhuvneshwar Kumar could not do hat-trick. Actually, in this over of Bhuvi, the most centurion Shubman Gill was dismissed after scoring 101 runs. After that, Rashid Khan’s wicket also fell on the very next ball. Bhuvi got two wickets on the first two balls of the over, but the wicket that came on the third ball of the over was in the form of a runout.
Bhuvi had sent Saha and Hardik to the pavilion
Noor Ahmed was run out on the third ball of Bhuvneshwar’s over and thus Bhuvi’s hat-trick could not be achieved. So far this season, only Rashid Khan has taken a hat-trick to his name. Bhuvneshwar dismissed Wriddhiman Saha for a duck at the start of the first over against Gujarat Titans. After this, Bhubaneswar also got the wicket of Hardik Pandya. Bhuvneshwar also managed to put in the third best bowling performance from Hyderabad.
how was the match
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Gujarat team, which came to bat first, put 188 runs on the scoreboard in 20 overs. Gill completed the first century of his IPL career from Gujarat. Gill was dismissed after playing an innings of 101 runs. Chasing the target of 189 runs, the Hyderabad team could only manage 154 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 34 runs. With this win, Gujarat Titans became the first team to qualify for the playoffs.
