RCB vs KKR: At this time in IPL 2023, the teams of RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders are face to face. In this match, RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first. 2 star bowlers missed out on hat-trick in the match.
Amazing Could Not Happen in the Fourth Over
When the KKR team was batting, David Willey did the fourth over of the innings. He bowled the first ball of this over. At the same time, he dismissed Venkatesh Iyer on the second ball. After this Mandeep Singh was sent to the pavilion on the third ball. He took two wickets in two balls, but he could not dismiss Nitish Rana on the fourth ball and missed out on a hat-trick. He got 2 wickets in this over without giving a run.
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For the First time in the History of IPL, Two Bowlers Would have taken hat-tricks in the Same Match
After this Karn Sharma bowled the 11th over. He gave 2 runs on the first ball of this over. After this, he dismissed Rahmanullah Gurbaz on the second ball. On the third ball, he got the dangerous-looking Andre Russell caught out by Virat Kohli, but on his fourth ball, Shardul Thakur hit a four. In this way he also missed the hat-trick. Had both Karn Sharma and David Willey taken hat-tricks, it would have been the first time in IPL history that two bowlers would have taken hat-tricks in a single match.
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These Batsmen Showed their Strength
Batting first, Rahmanullah Gurbaz did a great job for KKR. He played an innings of 57 runs, but then Venkatesh Iyer (3 runs), Mandeep Singh (0 runs) and Nitish Rana (1 run) could not perform well. Andre Russell also returned to the pavilion without opening an account. But Shardul Thakur hit a quick half-century.