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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 54 runs at Dubai Inter♐national Cricket Stadium on 🐼Sunday.
Harshal Patel and Glenn Maxwell were the main attract💖ions for RCB behind th♓e comprehensive win over the defending champions.
Harshal♎ shined with the ball and picked up his maiden hat-trick in the cash-rich league. The right armer sent back Hardik Pa✨ndya (3), Kieron Pollard (7) and Rahul Chahar (0) in successive deliveries to complete his hat-trick.
Most wickets by an uncapped player in a season:
- 23 – Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB, 2015)
- 23 – Harshal Patel (RCB, 2021)*
- 21 – Sreenath Aravind (RCB, 2011)
- 21 – Siddarth Kaul (SRH, 2018)
Eventually, MI were all-out for 111 in 18.1 overs despite a great start. The Rohit Sharma-led side lost 10 ▨wickets for 54 runs after 57 for no loss at one stage.
Earlier, RCB posted 165/6 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to a remarkable knock by Maxwell. The Aussie justified his🍒 million-dollar conღtract with his all-round performance.
Maxwell scored 56 from 37 deliveries to help his side reach a respectable total. Then with the ball, the Victorian picked up a couple of scalps for 23 runs in his quota of 10 overs. Apart from Maxi, RCB skipper Virat Kohli continued his good form🍨 and smashed yet another fifty. He made 51 off 42 balls and also completed 10,000 runs in T2🌠0 cricket.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Purple patel. Ha💦ttrick patel Outstanding use of variation by Harshal patel.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
you beauty! Indian team ma🦹in aane ke liye aise hi darwaza khatkhataya jata hai!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
This is a great result for . I think the𒊎y have done en🍃ough to qualify.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
HAT-TRICK! You bloody bea🌄uty! Wah! Wah! BRILLIANT! Harshal Patel, brilliant. 🔥
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
🏏😎 HARSHAL ON SONG! Harshal Patel has set꧂ the stage on fire with his Hattrick, and how 🤩
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
Superb🐈 from Virat some perfect bowling changes tꦍonight and Harshal and responded to the captains call superbly. Mumbai is all of a sudden staring at a underwhelming middle order. Badly need answers.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
9 for 44 from📖 Har🍌shal Patel v MI in 2021 includes a five-wicket haul & a hat-trick too
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Rohit Sharma
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Yuvraj SinghActually a bowling list. T𝔍hese were the players who took an IPL hat-trick outside Indi🐻a, until Harshal Patel today.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Harshal ⛄Patel now has a fifer and a hattrick against MIಌ in the same season. 🔥🔥🔥
The Purple Cap isn’t going anywhere. 😎
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
What a season this has been for Harshal Patel. He's grown and used his skills perfectly on these decks. Superb stuff.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
RC♔B win by 54 runs!! Fantastic bowling from RCB and especially Harshal Patel with 4-17, including that hat-trick
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
What a win comeback win for – Defending 166 runs, was 93 for 3 from 13 overs then bowled out them for 111 runs and won the match by 54 runs. This is one victory to cherish after losing 3 consecutive matches.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
