Mohammed Mudhasir 1st player from J&K to grab hat-trick in Ranji Trophy

Jammu and Kashmir's Mohammed Mudhasir took the first hat-trick of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season on Friday when he took four wickets in four balls.

Mudhasir got the wickets of Chetan Bist, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Rahul Chahar, and Tanvir Mashart Ul-Haq to achieve the incredible feat.

The 30-year-old pacer also became the first bowler in professional cricket to dismiss four batsmen LBW in four successive deliveries when J&K took on Rajasthan in the Elite Group C fixture.

He is second bowler overall to take four wickets in four balls in Ranji Trophy. Shankar Saini was the first person to achieve the feat in 1988 when he played for Delhi in a match against Himachal Pradesh.

He was also the 77th bowler to take a hat-trick in the tournament. The last person to take a hat-trick in the tournament was Rajneesh Gurbani when he grabbed 6/59 against Delhi in last year's final at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.

Mudhasir is, however, the first player from the region to grab a hat-trick in the competition.

Mudhasir's four in four in the 99th over of the innings helped J&K bowl out Rajasthan for 379 from an overnight score of 300/3. Mudhasir returned figures of 5/90. Mudhasir was ably supported by Rohit Sharma (2/69), while Umar Nazir had grabbed two wickets and skipper Parvez Rasool picked a wicket yesterday.