KCL | Akhil’s hat-trick highlights Globstars’ thumping win

Nice feeling: Akhil is pleasure unbound after his exceptional feat.

Medium pacer V. Akhil Dev will endlessly bear in mind this night time as he etched his identify into file books by taking the primary hat-trick within the KCL on the Greenfield stadium right here on Monday.

Calicut Globstars rode on an exemplary present from its bowlers to crush Alleppey Ripples by six wickets and take the second spot within the factors desk.

Put into bat on a floor that helped spinners, Ripples crumbled to 19 for 5 and was bundled out for 90. Globstars chased down the goal with 49 balls to spare for a 3rd win.

Akhil’s memorable second got here in his second and the seventeenth over of the Ripples’ innings.

After being clubbed for an enormous six by Alfi Francis, the medium-pacer had his revenge when he had the batter top-edging a shot to wicket-keeper Ajinas. Akhil trapped Fanoos in entrance after which yorked affect sub Vinoop Manoharan to finish his hat-trick.

Trivandrum Royals once more owed its win to the captain Abdul Basith who smashed an unbeaten 50 to hold his aspect to a five-wicket victory over Kochi Blue Tigers.

The win helped Royals transfer from the underside to the third place within the desk.

Chasing 131, the Royals top-order failed to fireplace and it slipped to 55 for 4 within the thirteenth over when Basith joined A.Ok. Akarsh within the center. Basith swung the competition in favour of Royals when he clubbed 4 consecutive sixes over mid-wicket off right-arm spinner Shine John Jacob within the 14th over.

Basith and Akarsh (25) added 86 for the fifth wicket.

Earlier, Royals picked up wickets at common intervals to maintain the Tigers in verify. T. Nikhil performed a cameo 37 off 20 balls.

Medium-pacer Vinod Kumar (4/16) and Basith (3/23) had been the standout bowlers for Royals.

The scores:

Kochi Blue Tigers 131 in 20 overs (T. Nikhil 37, C.V. Vinod Kumar 4/16, Abdul Basith 3/23, Sreehari Nair 2/16) misplaced to Trivandrum Royals 135/5 in 19.5 overs (Abdul Basith 50 n.o., U.Manukrishnan 2/28, Shine John Jacob 2/33). Toss: Royals.

Alleppey Ripples 90 in 18.5 overs (T.Ok. Akshay 34, Ujwal Krishna 32, V. Akhil Dev 4/20, V. Ajith 2/7, Akhil Scaria 2/22) misplaced to Calicut Globstars 91/4 in 11.5 overs (Ok.A. Arun 34 n.o., Anand Joseph 2/12) Toss: Globstars.