Yuzvendra Chahal once again proved why he is considered one of the great spinners of the Indian Premier League, Chennai provides a sensational hat -trick to derail the Super Kings innings and set several milestones in the process.
Play for Punjab kingsChahal’s talent came up to 19th of CSK’s innings at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday, as he took four wickets in just six balls to bowl the hosts for 190 in 19.2 overs.
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Chahal’s magic came at a time when CSK 5 was hovering at 177, by scoring 88 runs in 47 balls of Sam Curan, the highest individual score for CSK this season. In the 18th over, Curan was rejected, MS Dhoni went into a deaf and started his innings in vintage style with four to four of Marco Jansen, before hitting sixes with Chahal.
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However, whatever was pure magic. Chahal dismissed Dhoni on the next ball, who was caught by Nehal Wadhera for a long time. He then removed two balls to Deepak Hooda and bowled Ansul Kamboj for a Golden Duck. From the last ball of the over the over, Noor Ahmed also fell for the duck of the first ball, which completed Chahal’s second IPL hat -trick.
His final figures were at 4 for 32 in three overs, starting the over with an over for 23.
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Chahal not only gave the first hat-trick of the 2025 IPL season, but became only the third bowler in the history of IPL, who was to take four wickets in an over. More importantly, it marked his ninth Four wickets In the league, he made him the highest number of 4-plus wickets in IPL history with Hols.
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Speaking on the brake of the mid-night, a blind Chahal said, “It looks very good, it was the 19th over and Mahi Bhai in front of me, felt that it could go in any way, but the plan was to go for wickets. Five fields were inside and were planned to work, not even the bowling.
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- 9 – Yuzvendra Chahal*
- 8 – Sunil Narin
- 7 – Lasith Malinga
- 6 – Cagiso Rabada
Considering the clan of CSK, he said, “This is not easy, 190 is a good score. When the ball is old, it changes. Still, it is a good clan to chase. Yes, we can do it.”
Chahal’s game was not only re-written to record books, but also gave a large-scale psychological edge to Punjab Kings, as they saw the target in Chennai.
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