Madhya Pradesh left-arm pacer Kulwant Khejroliya ran riot with the ball on the ultimate day of his facet’s sixth Ranji Trophy 2024 recreation in opposition to Baroda on the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Monday, February 12. Former Delhi pacer, Khejroliya registered his title in the report books with a mind-boggling spell taking 5/34 as MP gained by an innings and 34 runs. Khejroliya’s fifer included a hat-trick as after going wicketless in his first 11 overs, he took four wickets in as many deliveries.
Khejroliya accounted for wickets of Shashwat Rawat, Mahesh Pithiya, Bhargav Bhatt and Akash Singh on second, third, fourth and fifth deliveries of the ninety fifth over of Baroda’s second innings after MP enforced follow-on on the guests. Khejroliya turned solely the third pacer in Ranji Trophy to take four wickets in four balls after Delhi’s Shankar Saini and Jammu and Kashmir’s Mohammed Mudhasir. The left-arm pacer additionally turned the third MP bowler to take a hat-trick in Ranji Trophy and total eightieth participant in India’s home red-ball competitors.
Bowlers to take four wickets in 4 balls in Ranji Trophy
Shankar Saini – (DEL vs HP) in 1988
Mohammed Mudhasir – (J&Ok vs RAJ) in 2018
Kulwant Khejroliya – (MP vs BAR) in 2024
Bowlers to take a hat-trick in Ranji Trophy for Madhya Pradesh
Hiralal Gaekwad – (MP vs RAJ), 1962/63
Ravi Yadav – (MP vs UP), 2019/20
Kulwant Khejroliya – (MP vs BAR), 2023/24
Khejroliya’s spell got here after Baroda had made a good fightback owing to Rawat’s magnificent ton. Following on after a 322-run deficit, Baroda owing to Jyotsnil Singh’s 83-run knock and Rawat’s century regarded like overhauling MP’s lead and making the house facet bat once more. However, the left-armer Khejroliya, who has performed for Delhi, RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, had different concepts as Baroda collapsed from 255/5 to 270 all out.
This was MP’s third win in six matches and now are on the prime of the desk in Elite Group D.
