IPL 2018
IPL 2018: Shane Watson’s hat-trick of sixes
By B Dixit - May 27, 2018 10:47 pm
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During the final match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Mumbai, Chennai Super Kings’ Shane Watson scored three consecutive sixes against Sandeep Sharma as the Super Kings strengthened their hold on the match.

After Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and put Sunrisers Hyderabad in to bat, they ended up scoring 178-6 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. In which was a complete batting unit, several Sunrisers’ batsmen were seen playing fruitful knocks.

Watson
Watson scored three sixes in three balls.

In the second innings, Chennai Super Kings recovered from a super slow start to a position form where they should seal the chase without much discomfort. Sandeep Sharma opened the bowling for the Sunrisers alongside Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bowling his fourth over, he conceded a exorbitant 27 runs.

On the third ball of the over, Sandeep Sharma bowled a short knuckle delivery outside the off-stump which was pulled over long-on by Watson for a six. Watch the video:

On the following delivery, Sandeep Sharma bowled a low full-toss which was by Watson over the deep mid-wicket fielder for the second six of the over. Watch the video:

On the penultimate delivery of the over, Watson made his adjustments to hit a fuller delivery through the long-on region for another six. Watch the video: