Overview

• Multiple outlets report Nabi took four wickets in four balls across two overs, with some describing it as a Duleep Trophy first, while others record it as a hat-trick.
• Nabi’s burst removed Virat Singh, Manishi and Mukhtar Hussain on the last three balls of the 53rd over, then Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal with the first ball of his next over.
• East Zone collapsed from 222/5 to 230 all out, losing their last five wickets for eight runs as Nabi completed figures of 5/28 in 10.1 overs.
• Earlier, Nabi struck a rapid 44 off 33 balls to help North Zone post 405, setting up the platform for his match-turning spell.
• The feat places him alongside rare company: hat-tricks in the Duleep have previously featured Kapil Dev and Sairaj Bahutule, and four-in-four in Indian first-class cricket has been achieved by Shankar Saini, Mohammad Mudhasir and Kulwant Khejroliya.