Harshal Patel becomes first bowler to take hat-trick in IPL 2021

Patel, the current Purple Cap holder, took out Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Chahar to complete the hat-trick and ended the match by taking out Adam Milne in the 19th over.

Dubai: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Harshal Patel took the first hat-trick of IPL 2021, sending Mumbai Indians to a crushing 54-run loss at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The win keeps Bangalore at third place while Mumbai slip to seventh place in the points table.

Patel, the current Purple Cap holder, took out Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Chahar to bag three wickets in three balls and ended the match by taking out Adam Milne in the 19th over.

Chasing 166, Mumbai were 56 for no loss at power-play and were 79 for 1 in 9.5 overs before Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Glenn Maxwell.

From there onwards, Mumbai's slide began and they crashed to 111 all out. Apart from Sharma and Quinton de Kock (24), no other batter could reach double-figures.

Harshal Patel became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in IPL 2021. He is also the third RCB bowler to take a hat-trick in IPL history, with Praveen Kumar and Samuel Badree being the first two to do so.

With IANS inputs