On Saturday, Vidarbha’s Rajneesh Gurbani proved his mettle on the big occasion as he went on to take a hat-trick against Delhi to restrict the opposition’s total to 295. He clean bowled Vikas Mishra and Navdeep Saini in his 23rd over in the last two deliveries.

Returning to bowl for his 24th over, Gurbani again rattled Dhruv Shorey’s stumps in the first ball to take his maiden first-class cricket hat-trick. With his achievement, he became only the second bowler to take a hat-trick in Ranji Trophy Final after B Kalyanasundaram for Tamil Nadu against Bombay in 1972/73 in Chennai.

on the fifth delivery of his 24th over, Rajneesh once again clean bowled Kulwant Khejroliya’to end Delhi’s innings. He took 6 wickets in the match, as he had dismissed Rishabh Pant and Himmat Singh on Day 1. Despite facing an ankle injury on Friday, he came back pretty strong on Day 2.

After bowling his 23rd over on Saturday, Gurbani again felt some stress in the ankle but he fought back to complete the hat-trick and restrict Delhi to a low total.

Gurbani was also the star in the semifinal where he scalped 12 wickets, including a seven-for in the second innings to gain a thrilling victory against Karnataka. He was also awarded the man-of-the-match award for his achievements.