Shreyas Gopal dismissed Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinisಞ off successive deliveries to pick up his maiden hat-trick in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Rajasthan Royals (RR) rocked Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a rain-hit 5 over contest at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
This is the 2nd hat-trick in IPL 2019 after Sam Curran of Kings XI Punjab had taken on🎀e against Delhi Capitals earlier i🃏n the season.
In the second over of the RCB vs RR match, Kohli mishit an attempted lofted shot to the fielder at long-on, with Liam Livingstone taking a comfortable catch. De Villiers sliced the next delivery to Riyan Parag at cover and Stoinis hit a ball🌼 that was in the slot straight to the fielder at mid-off.
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Batting first, RCB openers Kohli and de Villiers raced to 35 fromℱ just 1.3 overs as the home side racked up 62/7 from five ove⭕rs.
Sanj⛄u Samson (28 off 13) and Livingstone (11no off 7) had RR flying to 41/1 from 3.2 overs in reply but when the rain returned, there was no further play as the match ended without a result.
