Syed Mushtaq Ali: Mithun takes five wickets in six balls to help Karnataka reach final

Mithun returned with the figures of 5/39.

Surat: Indian pacer Abhimanyu Mithun, who is having a golden run in the domestic cricket, scripted history in the semi-final match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Haryana by picking up five wickets in a single over. The right-arm pacer's extraordinary performance helped Karnataka beat Haryana by 8 wickets.

Mithun who finished with figures of 5/39, did not have a great day with the ball until the last over as he removed Himanshu Rana (61) and Rahul Tewatia (34) off the first two balls.

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His hat-trick victim was Sumit Kumar while Amit Mishra was the next to go. Jayant Yadav was dismissed off the last ball of the innings as Mithun became the first bowler to have a hat-trick in all three formats in Indian domestic cricket.

Mithun had snared a hat-trick in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Tamil Nadu last month.

Chasing 195 for victory and a place in the final, Devdutt Padikkal (87) and K.L. Rahul (66) led the way as Karnataka registered an eight-wicket victory.