Sri Lankan spinner Mahish Teekshana has scripted a hat-trick in the second ODI played against New Zealand. He did this work in two overs. New Zealand, who came to bat first in the match, had a explosive start. But, after that, due to the strong bowling of Mahish Teekshana, Sri Lanka made a comeback in the match to a great extent. Mahish Teekshana is the 7th Sri Lankan to take a hat-trick in ODIs. At the same time, he has also become the first player to take a hat-trick in the year 2025.

How did Mahish Teekshana take the hat-trick?

How did Mahish Tikshana take a hat-trick against New Zealand? Now just know that. The second ODI match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is being played in 37-37 overs due to rain. In this, Teekshana wrote the story of her hat-trick in the 35th and 37th overs. He took two wickets on the last two balls of the 35th over and completed his hat-trick by taking another wicket on the first ball of the 37th over. This was the first hat-trick of Teekshana's ODI career.

ODI Hat-Trick For Maheesh Theekshana

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Which batsmen were targeted?

The first batsman to get trapped in Mahish Teekshana's hat-trick was New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner, who was out after scoring 20 runs in 15 balls. After taking the wicket of Santner in 34.5 balls, Teekshana also dismissed Nathan Smith in 34.6 balls. After these two wickets, he had to wait for the next over for a hat-trick. However, the fruit of this wait was sweet. When Teekshana came in the next over, she completed her hat-trick by dismissing Matt Henry on the very first ball.

Teekshana took 4 wickets for 44 runs in the match

Including the hat-trick, Mahish Teekshana took a total of 4 wickets for 44 runs in 8 overs in the second ODI. He took another wicket of Mark Chapman, who was out after scoring 62 runs in 52 balls. While scoring the third fifty of his ODI career for the Kiwi team, Mark Chapman also made a century partnership with Rachin Ravindra. Rachin Ravindra scored 79 runs in 63 balls, which was the fourth fifty of his ODI career. The result of the rapid scoring of runs by these two batsmen was that the Kiwi team could score 255 runs in 37 overs.