Vijay Hazare Trophy Final: When Saurashtra’s right-arm medium pacer Chirag Jani took a sensational hat-trick in the penultimate over of Maharashtra’s innings in the tournament’s final on Friday, December 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy witnessed yet another magnificent moment of individual brilliance.
Maharashtra was once staring at a score of close to 300 thanks to the outstanding century from captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (108 runs off 131 balls). But Jani thwarted their schemes and reinstated Saurashtra in the fight.
When Jani entered the game to bowl the 49th and final over, he had statistics of 9-1-41-0. On the opening ball of the over, he dispatched Saurabh Nawale without delay. On the very next delivery, he cleaned up the dangerous Rajvardhan Hangargekar with yet another precise yorker after disturbing Nawale’s furniture with a lethal yorker.
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Vicky Ostwal, who took Hangargekar’s place in the centre, was struck by Jani, who was steaming with his tail up. To Jani’s joy, Ostwal completely misfired on his attempt to perform a flick as he pitched up his third delivery, showing shrewdness on Jani’s part to attack the stumps.
To the delight of the Saurashtra team, Ostwal was declared leg before wicket after being pinned directly in front of the stumps. Jani then completed an illustrious hat-trick.
After falling apart over the course of six deliveries and being reduced to 236 for 8 at the end of the 48th over, Maharashtra, who were 234 for the loss of five wickets, collapsed. At the end of the 50 overs, Saurashtra had just 248 runs on the board for the loss of nine wickets thanks to Jani’s explosive performance in his final over.
Now, Saurashtra has a very good chance of taking home their second Vijay Hazare Trophy. They last experienced success in the competition in 2007–2008, when they defeated Bengal in the summit match.
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