Rashid Khan has scripted history in the match played between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. The GT star bowler took the first hat-trick of the 2023 edition of the IPL. While it is the first hat-trick registered by Rashid in the tournament, it is the 22nd IPL when it comes to overall hat-tricks registered so far.
Rashid turned the match completely in GT's favour when he came to bowl in the 17th over. He took back-to-back wickets of Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur. Rashid made a comeback after conceding 35 runs in the first 3 overs. In his 4th over, he came to bowl when Kolkata needed 50 from 4 overs & he took a hat-trick.
However, Rashid's hat-trick went in vain as Rinku Singh snatched the game by hitting five sixes in the last over on Yash Dayal's ball.
"It's a tough game for us, especially for me as a captain. You need 30 plus in the last over, the same thing happened for us last year when we won. We will learn from it, more importantly a good game of cricket and the fans would have loved it," Rashid said after the match.
"Rinku played unbelievable shots and credit goes to him for the way he played and for the way he finished. Keep it simple, hit the right area consistently and that's what T20 is all about. As a bowler I'm always trying to hit the right area. We got what we wanted. We wanted 190 and we got 200. As a bowling unit we got enough to defend, but sometimes in T20 even 250 does not look good. Take positives from this, it's still early in the competition and learn from it," he added.
