W,W,W... Three wickets fell on three consecutive balls, still Mitchell Starc could not take a hattrick, a strange case in IPL..

In IPL 2025, there was a clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals on the night of 29 April. In this high voltage match held at Arun Jaitley Stadium, a lot of drama was seen in the last over of the first innings. In the 20th over, Mitchell Starc took three wickets of KKR in three consecutive balls after conceding a six on the first ball, but despite this his hat-trick was not completed. Let's know the whole matter.

Three wickets in three consecutive balls

In fact, after losing the toss and batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 195 runs for the loss of six wickets in 19 overs. Mitchell Starc got the responsibility of the last over. Starc, who played an important role in making KKR the champion last year, is a part of Delhi this time. In such a situation, he hunted Rovman Powell and then Anukul Roy on the third and fourth balls respectively. He was in a hat-trick on the next ball. Starc bowled a full ball outside the off stump to new batsman Harshit Rana, Rana swung his bat hard but could not touch the ball, meanwhile, Andre Russell standing at the non-strike end got run out while trying to steal a run.

The third wicket came from a runout
The umpire did raise his finger, but Mitchell Starc felt that the ball had taken the outer edge of the bat and reached the wicketkeeper's gloves, so he took DRS, but the TV umpire rejected the appeal of caught out. In this way, despite three wickets falling in three consecutive balls, Mitchell Starc did not get a hat-trick. New batsman Varun Chakraborty could take only one run on the last ball. In this way, Mitchell Starc conceded only nine runs in the 20th over. He finished his spell with three wickets for 43 runs in four overs.

KKR scored 204 runs
The defending champion and three-time winner Kolkata Knight Riders scored 204 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated 20 overs based on the combined performance of their batsmen. Kolkata, which is in the seventh position, will have to win this match at any cost if it wants to reach the playoffs.

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