Kulwant Khejroliya
Ranji Trophy 2024 Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda: Fans can watch exciting matches in Ranji Trophy every day. In the Group D match, Madhya Pradesh defeated Baroda by an innings and 52 runs. In this game, Madhya Pradesh bowlers and batsmen performed amazingly. On the other hand, none of the star players from Baroda could deliver a brilliant performance. Because of this, the team suffered a humiliating defeat.
This player has done wonders
Madhya Pradesh fast bowler Kulwant Khejroliya presented a very good example of bowling against Baroda. He was awarded the Player of the Match award for his outstanding performance. He took two wickets in the first innings and five wickets in the second innings. Due to his outstanding performances, he has entered the record books. He scored a hat-trick against Baroda. He didn’t stop there, he won the game for Madhya Pradesh by taking four wickets in four balls.
Third bowler overall to do this
Kulwant Khejroliya took the wickets of Shashwat Rawat, Mahesh Pithiya, Bhargav Bhatt and Akash Singh on the second, third, fourth and fifth balls of the 95th over of Baroda’s second innings after which Madhya Pradesh Baroda followed up. He is the third bowler in Ranji Trophy history to take four wickets in four balls. Before him, Shankar Saini of Delhi and Mohammad Mudhasir of Jammu and Kashmir have done so. Furthermore, Kulwant is the third bowler to take a hat-trick for Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy.
Bowlers who took four wickets in four consecutive balls in the Ranji Trophy:
Shankar Saini – (Delhi v. Himachal Pradesh), 1988
Mohammad Mudhasir – (Jammu Kashmir becomes Rajasthan), 2018
Kulwant Khejroliya – (Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda), 2024
Madhya Pradesh won the match
The Madhya Pradesh team came first with a great score of 454 runs. Himanshu Mantri scored the maximum number of 11 runs for the team. Captain Shubham Sharma played an innings of 61 runs. After that, all Baroda batsmen were out for 132 runs in the first innings. Playing in the follow-up, Shaswat Rawat definitely scored 105 runs for Baroda in the second innings. But he couldn’t prevent the team from defeat. In the second innings, the Baroda team could only score 270 runs. Because of this, the team suffered a defeat after one innings and 54 runs.
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