50yr old Mukesh Patel bags a match winning hat-trick in Zooter Big Bash 7.0 tournament’22

R Boys after being put to bat first at Woods Cricket Ground in Mumbai posted a total of 131/7 in 20 overs. Opener Rohit Manjrekar (48 runs) and Deepak Singh at the lower order with his quick 14 ball 34 were the top scorers. The Cricket Club in reply could only manage a total of 110/9 in 20 overs courtesy some tight bowling spells by Mukesh Patel who took 3 wkts for just 5 runs including a maiden in his 4 overs. Vinayak Mahajan who bagged Man of the Match award took 3/12 in 4 overs.

In the other match which took place vs Marshalls, R Boy’s Mukesh Patel proved age is just a number. Marshalls opting to bat first were all out for 75 runs courtesy a hat trick first over by Mukesh Patel.

Speaking with Cricketgraph, Mukesh shared “I have taken Hatrick in the 1st over of the match, i pushed Marshalls back and created pressure, so opponents were not able to score freely getting all out for 75 runs”

R Boys in reply chased down the score in mere 7 overs with Rahul Singh piling on 41* off 25 balls as they won the match by 9 wkts. Mukesh Patel for his brilliant spell was declared ‘man of the match”