New Delhi. Taking wickets in three consecutive balls in the same format of cricket is a big achievement. Taking a hat-trick is any bowler’s dream but only a few are successful in it. There is a bowler in Indian cricket who has done the wonders of taking three hat-tricks in domestic cricket. The interesting thing is that he has done this feat in all three formats of Indian cricket – five-day, one-day and T20 formats. Not only this, in T20 cricket this bowler has achieved the feat of taking five wickets in one over. Apart from fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun, perhaps no bowler has done such a miracle in T20 cricket till now.
Despite this unique achievement in the field of cricket, Abhimanyu Mithun’s international career was very short and he could play only 4 Test and 5 ODI matches. 9 wickets in Test cricket and 3 wickets in ODI are registered in his name.
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Took a hat-trick in the debut match of Ranji Trophy itself
Abhimanyu Mithun is such a bowler who achieved the feat of taking a hat-trick in his debut match of Ranji Trophy. This Karnataka bowler started his Ranji career in November 2009 in Meerut and registered a hat-trick during the second innings of UP (Karnataka Vs UP). He made Piyush Chawla, Aamir Khan and RP Singh victims of consecutive balls in the 60th over of the innings. Chawla where he did B. Akhil was caught while Aamir Khan and RP Singh were bowled.
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Vijay Hazare Trophy final made memorable on birthday
About 10 years later, on 25 October 2019, Mithun made Indian cricket’s ODI format tournament Vijay Hazare Trophy memorable for himself and registered a hat-trick. He achieved this feat on his birthday (25 October 2019) while playing for Karnataka against Tamil Nadu in the final of the tournament (Karnataka Vs Tamil Nadu). Mithun’s bowling performance (5/34) played an important role in making the team champion. On the third, fourth and fifth balls of the last over of the innings, he dismissed Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Mohammed and Murugan Ashwin, reducing Tamil Nadu’s innings to a score of 252.
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Wickets on four consecutive balls in Mushtaq Ali Trophy semi-finals
About a month after taking a hat-trick in the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Mithun gave his best performance in T20 and took five wickets in an over including a hat-trick in the semi-finals of Indian cricket’s T20 format tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. . Mithun had dismissed Himanshu Rana, Rahul Tewatia, Sumit Kumar and Amit Mishra on his first four balls of the last over of the innings against Haryana (Karnataka Vs Haryana). The fifth ball of the over was wide and batsman Jitesh Saroha took a single on the ball bowled in return. Mithun had dismissed Jayant Yadav on the last ball. This last over of the innings bowled in the match proved to be miraculous for Abhimanyu Mithun. His bowling analysis after 19 overs was 3-0-37-0 but due to the 5 wickets taken including a hat-trick in the last over of the innings, he was successful in performing 4-0-39-5 in the match.
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Fast bowlers were made from javelin throwers
The cricket journey of 34 year old Abhimanyu Mithun is no less interesting. Abhimanyu was initially a javelin thrower and was a well-known name in this event at the state level. He used to train in his father’s gym but could not succeed in progressing in javelin throw. On the suggestion of a friend, he tried his hand at cricket and after this he earned a lot of name in this game. He also played for India at the international level.
On 27 February 2010, he started his international career with an ODI against South Africa in Ahmedabad and about five months later, he started his Test career against Sri Lanka in Galle. With a height of six feet two inches and a strong physique, Mithun was capable of making his balls bounce a lot.
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Spot fixing has been accused
Mithun has said goodbye to first class cricket in the year 2021. In December last year, he was accused of spot-fixing for bowling a ‘long no ball’ during a T10 League match in Abu Dhabi. When Mithun bowled this no ball, his foot was about one and a half feet outside the crease.
Seeing this no ball of Mithun, people remembered Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Aamir, who had bowled a no ball under spot fixing during the tour of England in 2010. In the league, Mithun was playing for the Northern Warriors team and his team had to face defeat at the hands of Chennai Braves.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 15, 2024, 08:32 IST