Stats: J&K's Mohammed Mudhasir claims 4 wickets in 4 balls in a Ranji Trophy game

Mohammed Mudhasir brought Jammu and Kashmir back into the game on the second morning of the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 season opener with a five-wicket haul after a tough first day for his team against Rajasthan. In the game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, the hosts made 300/3 on the first day after being asked to bat. Mudhasir struck early on the second day by dismissing Ashok Menaria for 59 to end his 115-run stand for the 4th wicket along with Chetan Bist.

In his next over, Mudhasir ended Chetan’s 159-run knock that came off 294 deliveries with 24 fours. On the very next ball, the pacer trapped TN Dhillon in front and soon completed a hat-trick by dismissing Rahul Chahar in a similar fashion. Thus, he became the first Jammu and Kashmir player to take a hat-trick in first-class cricket. Earlier in 2017, Mudhasir became the first J&K player to take a hat-trick in any format when he got one in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Mohammed Mudhasir accomplished a rare feat by taking four wickets in four deliveries when he trapped TM ul-Haq on the very next ball. Thus, he also became the first bowler in the history of first-class cricket to take four wickets in four balls and all of them were lbws. There is a total of 45 instances in FC cricket when bowlers took four in four which includes four with all bowled dismissals. Overall, Mudhasir is only the 3rd player to take four wickets in four deliveries in Indian first-class cricket.

The first of them was by Sadanand Mohol while playing for Indian Board President’s XI in 1965/66 season. He did it against a team with quite a big name: “Maharashtra Small Savings Minister’s and Life Insurance Company’s Chairman’s Combined XI”. Shankar Saini took four in four while playing for Delhi in 1988/89 season. He is the only other player to have done this in the Ranji Trophy. Maharashtra’s Shrikant Mundhe claimed four in four deliveries in a List A game in 2013/14.

Indians to take four wickets in four balls:

(Stats as on November 2, 2018)

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