Thrusday morning starts with a massive news for the entire cricket community, first hat-trick in the SA20, South Africa’s own T20 franchise league. And guess who’s the bowler? It is Lungi Ngidi.

The 16th league match of SA20, a franchise-based T20 league being played in South Africa, between Durban Super Giants and Pretoria Capitals, witnessed many records. In this match, first Shai Hope’s bat saw a brilliant unbeaten century of 118 runs in 69 balls, and after this, fast bowler Lungi Ngidi, playing for Pretoria Capitals, was successful in taking a hat-trick.

Lungi Ngidi’s hat-trick was the decisive moment of the match

On the basis of Lungi’s excellent bowling, Pretoria Capitals won the match by 15 runs, with which this is their second win in this season after 6 matches. Lungi Ngidi, who will be part of the Delhi Capitals squad for the upcoming IPL 2026 season, was acquired by the franchise for Rs 2 crore in the player auction. Ngidi has now become the first bowler in SA20 to achieve a hat-trick.

Chasing a target of 202 runs, the Durban Super Giants were 158 for 5 after 17 overs. Ngidi, who came on to bowl the 18th over for Pretoria Capitals, conceded 2 runs off the first ball and then dismissed David Wiese with the second ball. With the third ball, Lungi dismissed Sunil Narine for a duck, and with the fourth ball, he completed his hat-trick by dismissing Gerald Coetzee.

With this, he became the first bowler in SA20 to achieve this feat. Lungi Ngidi took three wickets in this match while giving away 39 runs in his 4 overs.