Overview

• Bowling for North Zone, Nabi removed Virat Singh, Manishi and Mukhtar Hussain off the last three balls of the 53rd over, then dismissed Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal with the first ball of his next over before adding Mohammed Shami to complete a five-for.
• North Zone posted 405 after resuming from 308/6, with Nabi contributing a brisk 44 off 33, and then bowled East Zone out for 230 to secure a 175-run first-innings lead.
• The sequence marked the first instance of four wickets in four balls in Duleep Trophy history and also included a hat-trick, placing Nabi alongside Kapil Dev and Sairaj Bahutule as Duleep hat-trick takers.
• By achieving four in four, Nabi joined a short list of Indians to do so in first-class cricket, following Shankar Saini, Mohammad Mudhasir and Kulwant Khejroliya.
• The performance builds on his standout 2024–25 Ranji season with 44 wickets, with coaches noting his case for higher selection as selectors watched on, though no promotion has been announced.