Akshay Karnavar is going through a purple phase in his professional cricket career. In the past two days, the aspiring spinner who has represented Vidarbha in the Indian domestic circuit has achieved two rare feats that a bowler can only dream of doing once in his career.
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Karnavar, a right-arm offspinner and a left-arm conservative, became the first bowler to bowl four maiden overs in a professional T20 match and thus recorded the most economical spell ever in the history of the format on Tuesday.
And on Wednesday, he followed up with a hat-trick in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy – India’s premier domestic T20 competition, against Sikkim.
The 29-year-old dismissed Sikkin’s opener Kodanda Ajit Karthik (15), Kranti Kumar (0) in the fifth and sixth balls of the eighth over and then completed a hat-trick on the first ball of his next over when he took a catch and caught Ashish Thapa. Bold on 2. He took another wicket in the same over, dismissing Nilesh Lamichhane, who was dismissed for a hit wicket.
Karnawar finished with figures of 4/5 in four overs as Sikkim were bundled out for 75 after Vidarbha posted a mammoth 205/5 at the ACA Stadium in Mangalagiri.
Defending 222 runs against Manipur on Monday, Karnawar did not allow a single run to be scored while taking two wickets in his quota of four overs. “It’s unbelievable. Not conceding a single run in the entire match is extraordinary and I feel really good.” The Times of India After his record breaking exploits.
Karnawar has played 44 T20Is so far and has taken 43 wickets at an average of 20 and an economy of 6.20.
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