Vinay Kumar and the other players who took multiple hat-tricks in Ranji Trophy
A few days ago, we saw Vinay Kumar’s second Ranji Trophy hat-trick skittle out the 41-time champs, Mumbai for a meagre 173 in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final clash at Nagpur. Nothing went right for Mumbai after the toss, as Vinay Kumar led from the front with a hat-trick.
He started by dismissing Mumbai’s wonder kid Prithvi Shaw at the end of the first over. Vinay’s second over started with Jay Bista edging to Karun Nair and Akhil Parkar misinterpreting a yorker, thus making Kumar the first captain with a hat-trick in Ranji knockouts.
He is only the fourth bowler to take multiple hat-tricks in the history of the 73-year-old Ranji Trophy.
Let’s have a look at the other three players who have taken multiple hat-tricks in India’s premier first-class competition.