Dhaka Dynamites bowler Andre Russell has become the third player to take a hattrick in the Bangladesh Premier League this season.
This, the sixth season, has become the first to have three hattricks in the BPL.
Russell took the wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim, Cameron Delport and Dasun Shanaka in the first three balls of 20th over against Chittagong Vikings to get his hattrick.
This is the third hattrick for the fast bowling allrounder in his career as his previous ones came against India A and Tribango Knight Riders.
In total, there have been five hattricks in the BPL with the previous four bowlers being Mohammad Sami for Duronto Rajshahi against Dhaka Gladiators in 2012, Al Amin Hossian for Barisal Bulls against Sylhet Stars in 2015, Aliss Islam for Dhaka Dynamites against Rangpur Riders in 2019 and Wahab Riaz for Comilla Victorians against Khulna Titans in 2019.
Congratulations to @Russell12A for picking up the 3rd hat-trick of BPL 2019. #BPL #BPLseason6 pic.twitter.com/3hA3C6k6Wf
— BPLT20 (@Official_BPLT20) January 30, 2019
37th Match, CHVvDD
Chittagong Vikings INNINGS R B
Shahzad st Nurul b Narine 21 15
Delport c Shuvagata b Russell 71 57
Yasir c Birch b Narine 19 20
Mushfiqur c Shuvagata b Russell 43 24
Shanaka c Mizanur b Russell 0 1
Raza not out 6 2
Mosaddek not out 1 1
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 6) 13
TOTAL (5 Wickets,20 Overs) 174
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Shahzad, 5.2 ov), 2-88 (Yasir, 11.3 ov), 3-167 (Mushfiqur, 19.1 ov), 4-167 (CS Delport, 19.2 ov), 5-167 (Shanaka, 19.3 ov)
Bowling
ACR Birch 4-0-35-0, AD Russell 4-0-38-3, Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-24-0, SP Narine 4-0-20-2, Rubel Hossain 4-0-42-0, Mahmudul Hasan 1-0-8-0
Dhaka Dynamites INNINGS R B
Mizanur run out (Shahzad) 11 10
Narine c Shahzad b Jayed 0 3
Talukdar lbw b Jayed 6 3
Shakib c Nayeem b Shanaka 53 42
Nurul lbw b Delport 33 23
Pollard run out (Mushfiqur/Shahzad) 0 1
Russell c Delport b Shanaka 39 23
Shuvagata c & b Nayeem 5 5
Birch not out 7 8
Mahmudul c sub (Shadman) b Jayed 2 3
Rubel not out 0 0
Extras (lb 1, nb 1, w 5) 7
TOTAL (9 Wickets, 20 Overs,) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Narine, 0.5 ov), 2-17 (Talukdar, 2.2 ov), 3-23 (Mizanur, 3.3 ov), 4-73 (Nurul, 9.4 ov), 5-73 (Pollard, 9.5 ov), 6-139 (Russell, 16.3 ov), 7-148 (Shuvagata, 17.5 ov), 8-154 (Shakib, 18.3 ov), 9-162 (Mahmudul, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
Abu Jayed 4-0-25-3, Khaled Ahmed 4-0-35-0, Nayeem Hasan 4-0-37-1, CS Delport 4-0-31-1, MD Shanaka 4-0-34-2
Vikings won by 11 runs
MoM: Cameron Delport (CHV)
