Yugandhar singh

Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground: Left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh etched his name in cricketing records with a stunning hat-trick on Day Two of Tamil Nadu’s Elite Group A Ranji Trophy clash with Nagaland at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Gurjapneet struck in the sixth over of the innings, removing Sedezhalie, Hem, and skipper R. Jonathan in successive deliveries to leave Nagaland tottering at 9/3. He later returned to castle Chetan Bist, tightening Tamil Nadu’s grip on the contest.

Gurjapneet thus became the seventh bowler from the state to achieve the feat of taking a hat-trick. He is also the third bowler to take a hat-trick in the ongoing round of the Ranji Trophy, after Services players Arjun Sharma and Mohit Jangra did that against Assam at Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground on Saturday.