On Monday, Madhya Pradesh’s Ravi Yadav made a name for himself and entered the record books as he became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in the very first over on his first-class debut. The left-arm fast bowler, who is a native of Uttar Pradesh, achieved this feat playing against his own state at Indore’s Holkar Cricket Stadium.
Yadav, whose career was plagued by a series of injuries, made his Ranji Trophy debut at the age of 28 years. He came out to bowl as a first-change bowler in his debut match and dismissed Aryan Juyal, Ankit Rajpoot and Sameer Rizvi off successive deliveries to complete his dream debut. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted the video of Yadav’s heroics.
ICYMI: A hat-trick to remember! 👏👏👏
First First-Class Match ✅
First Over ✅
First Hat-trick ✅Watch Madhya Pradesh’s Ravi Yadav’s special hat-trick against Uttar Pradesh
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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) January 28, 2020
Ravi went on to dismiss the opener Juyal by getting him caught by wicket-keeper Ajay Rothera for 13 runs off the third ball of his first over. He completed his hat-trick by dismissing UP skipper Rajpoot and Rizvi off the last two deliveries.
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Interestingly, both the dismissals were the result of the batsmen making a mistake of reading the seam movement of the ball and playing the wrong line which sent their stumps flying in the air. Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh had bowled Madhya Pradesh out for 230 but Yadav’s hat-trick helped the hosts pull things back a bit as they reduced Uttar Pradesh to 22/3 at stumps on Day 1 of the match.
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On Day 2, Yadav scalped two more wickets to his tally to bring up his maiden five-wicket. He returned with figures of 5/61 and played a crucial role in helping his side take a crucial 14-run lead in the first innings.
