Karnataka spinner and Chennai Super Kings latest recruit Shreyas Gopal picked up hattrick against Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Shreyas took a hattrick in the first three balls of the 10th over. The leg spinner started with the dismissal of Shashwat Rawat who mistimed his shot and gave away an easy catch to Manish Pandey.
Hardik Pandya was the next man at the crease. Gopal bowled a deceptive delivery which Hardik mistimed and it ended up in safe hands of Manoj Bhandage. Baroda skipper Krunal Pandya was trapped in front of the stumps off the every first delivery he faced as Shreyas Gopal completed his hattrick. Gopal finished with outstanding figures of 3 wickets for 9 runs (1.3-9-3)
Baroda Beat Karnatak despite no show from Pandya brothers
Karnataka set a strong total of 169/8 after batting first. KL Shrijith provided a fiery start with 22 off 9 balls, and Abhinav Manohar went all out at the end, smashing 56* off just 34 balls, including six sixes. R Smaran chopped in with 38 runs. For Baroda Atit Sheth (2/26) and Krunal Pandya (2/22), did well to contain the runs, but they couldn’t prevent Karnataka from posting a challenging total.
Chasing 170 runs for victory, Baroda started well with Rawat’s fireworks, but once Gopal got into the act, things started to fall apart. Hardik and Krunal were both dismissed for golden ducks, which was a huge blow. Gopal then took his fourth wicket, dismissing Bhanu Pania for 42 off 24 balls. Shivalik Sharma (22 runs) and Vishnu Solanki (28*) ensured there were no further hiccups as they took the team past the finish line.
