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Watch: Kuldeep Yadav becomes 1st Indian spinner to take hat-trick in ODIs
He thus joined Chetan Sharma( vs NZ, Nagpur, 1987) and Kapil Dev (vs SL Kolkata, 1991) as the only Indians to achieve the feat.
New Delhi: Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav on Thursday became the first Indian spinner to take a hat-trick in ODI cricket during the second match of the ongoing series against Australia at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The 22-year-old from Kanpur bamboozled Aussie batsmen with his guile, and achieved the feat in the 33rd over of the Aussie innings. Defending a total of 252 runs, India needed their bowlers to perform, and the young spinner ran through the Aussie lower-order to set up a convincing win.
Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar and Pat Cummins were his victims. He thus joined Chetan Sharma( vs NZ, Nagpur, 1987) and Kapil Dev (vs SL Kolkata, 1991) as the only Indians to achieve the feat.
It was not the first time that Yadav took a hat-trick. He had become the first Indian to take a hat-trick in the U-19 World Cup, achieving the feat against Scotland in 2014.
Yadav said it was a special night for him.
Earlier, India rode on skipper Virat Kohli's 92 to set a 253-run target for the visitors. India won the match by 50 runs to take 2-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.