Group stage matches are going on in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On Friday 5th December, many teams played the match and during this the bowlers took a hat-trick. First, against Jharkhand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned the tables for UP by taking a hat-trick. Then Felix Almao, playing for Goa, achieved this feat against Nagaland. He bowled lethally and took 5 wickets giving just 24 runs at an economy of 6 in 4 overs and led his team to victory.

feat done in the last over

29 year old Felix Alemao scored a hat-trick on the last three balls of the match. Actually, Nagaland had lost this match. He had to score 116 runs in the last match, which was an impossible task. Therefore, only formality was left in the match. Meanwhile, Felix created excitement in the last over by taking a hat-trick. He gave 8 runs on the first three balls and then took 3 wickets in the remaining 3 balls.

HAT-TRICK

Five-wicket haul

Felix Alemao sealed Goa's win against Nagaland in style with 3 wickets off the last 3 balls of the match #SMAT , @IDFCFIRSTBank

score card https://t.co/3dZrTj9Hju pic.twitter.com/fUqtFQw8jT

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) December 5, 2024

Nagaland's wicketkeeper batsman Chetan Bisht was batting after scoring 57 runs in 40 balls. Then he hit a six on the third ball. But Felix dismissed him on his very next ball. Then he took a hat-trick by bowling two consecutive batsmen on the fourth and fifth balls. Before this over, he had taken 2 wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs. In this way, in the match, Felix also achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets along with a hat-trick.

Goa defeated by 108 runs

Goa defeated Nagaland by 108 runs in this match. Nagaland won the toss and chose to bowl first, which proved fatal for them. Its bowlers were badly beaten by the Goa batsmen. Goa's Darshan Misal scored 91 runs in just 31 balls at a strike rate of 293. During this, Darshan also hit 7 fours and 8 sixes. Whereas Suyyash Prabhudesai played a stormy innings of 69 runs in 33 balls at a strike rate of 209. On the basis of this explosive batting of both, Goa scored a huge score of 237 runs in 20 overs. Nagaland team, which came to chase it, could score only 129 runs in 20 overs.