In the final of the Plate Group of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Bihar’s fast bowler Shabbir Khan gave the best performance of his career and created a storm against Manipur. The 28-year-old bowler from Bihar not only took a hat-trick in the final against Manipur but also took 4 wickets for just one run. Shabbir Khan shattered the morale of Manipur with his fiery bowling in his first spell of 5 overs.

Let’s know more about the match and the bowler

In the final match of the Plate Group of the Vijay Hazare Trophy being played in Ranchi, Manipur batted first. However, the openers had only added five runs to the scoreboard when Shabbir Khan struck first. He clean bowled Manipur opener Karnajit on the fourth ball of his first over.

However, the true extent of Shabbir Khan’s havoc with the ball came in the fifth over of Manipur’s innings. From the second ball of the over, he became a nightmare for the Manipur batsmen. As a result, he claimed a hat-trick and took four wickets in that over. Shabbir Khan completed his hat-trick by taking three wickets in succession on the second, third, and fourth balls of the fifth over of Manipur’s innings.

He then went wicketless on the fifth ball. However, he dealt Manipur another blow on the last ball of the over, taking four wickets in the over. His hat-trick included the wickets of Langlonyamba, Santosh, and Johnson. These three batsmen were the backbone of Manipur’s top order.

 

After taking a hat-trick, Shabbir Khan dismissed Priyojit on the last ball, his fourth wicket of the over and his fifth overall. Manipur lost all four wickets for just one run. All four wickets fell with the score at 19. Shabbir then came in his next over and dismissed Jameson, his sixth wicket. He finished with figures of 6/17 in his five overs, including one maiden over. This is Shabbir Khan’s best List A performance of his career.