After Adelaide Strikers leg-spinner Rashid Khan dismantled the Sydney Sixersಞ middle-order earlier on Wednesday, Haris Rauf did the same for Melbourne Stars in their clash against Sydney Thunder.
With the Thunder near the end of their innings and looking to scor🎃e few quick runs, Rauf diꦇsmissed Matt Gilkes, Callum Ferguson and Daniel Sams in consecutive deliveries.
Rauf finished with figures of 3/23 off his four overs as Stars restricted Thunder to 145-5 in t🎀heir stipulated 20 overs.
An iconic BBL moment.
Enjoy Haris Rauf's hat-trick!
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL)
After the exploits of Rashid earlier in the day, fans were up on their fee🅺t after Rauf did theಌ same at the MCG.
A HAT-TRICK FOR HARIS RAUF, AND THE ERUPTS!!!
🤪🥳🤪🥳💚
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL)
First Rashid Khan, now Haris Rauf!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
꧙No one in Australia had heard of Haris Rauf three weeks ago.
His BBL09 stats:🍷 13 wickets 🦂at 7.23 with an economy rate of 5.87.
— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny)
Hat-trick for ওHaris Rauf in the Big Bash League. First Pakistani to do it in the BBL. Wℱhat a signing he has been for Melbourne.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Another sensational performan༒ce by Haris Rauf as he picks up a hat-t🤡rick for Melbourne Stars in the BBL, finishing with figures of 3/23. One of his deliveries today was clocked at 151.3kph
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
TAKE A BOW! Absolute gun for the 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Erin Holland (@erinvholland)
