- India Masters bowler Rahul Sharma took a hat-trick in the International Masters League 2025 (IML). At the age of 38, the player destroyed South African batsmen with the new ball.
Rahul Sharma: While Indian players are making a splash in the Champions Trophy, the dominance of former Indian players is being seen in the International Masters League 2025 (IML) being held in the country. Last night, the 7th match of the league was played with South Africa Masters. While India Masters scored a hat-trick to win, Indian bowler Rahul Sharma did not let the opposing team South Africa survive by scoring a hat-trick with the new ball. Due to this India Masters achieved a spectacular victory.
Hat-trick with the new ball at the age of 38
India Masters registered their third consecutive win by defeating South Africa Masters by 8 wickets in the International Masters League. Indian bowler Rahul Sharma’s hat-trick played an important role in this victory. Rahul Sharma took a hat-trick in the 5th over of the innings, due to which the batsmen of the opposing team returned to the pavilion and the team registered an easy win. Rahul Sharma dismissed opener Hashim Amla (09), captain Jacques Kallis (0), and Jacques Rudolph (0).
Due to this hat-trick, South Africa lost three wickets for 35 runs after a good start. Then the stalwarts of the Indian team took wickets one after the other, due to which South Africa could not recover from the setbacks and was all out for just 85 runs in 13.5 overs.
The bowlers showed their dominance in the match
India Masters’ bowling was excellent against South Africa Masters. Rahul Sharma took three wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs. Pawan Negi took two wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs, Yuvraj Singh took three wickets for 12 runs in two overs and Stuart Binny took two wickets for one run in 5 balls. Rahul Sharma was given the Player of the Match award for bowling.
India Masters achieved a hat-trick of victories
India Masters have scored a hat-trick of victories in the International Masters League 2025. Talking about the match against South Africa, India Masters won the toss and decided to bowl first. South Africa Masters were all out after scoring 85 runs in 13.5 overs. Henry Davids scored the highest 38 runs for the team. At the same time, 8 players of the team were out on single digits. In which 4 players were out on 0.
Then India Masters came to chase the target and won by losing two wickets in 11 overs. Sachin Tendulkar (6) and Irfan Pathan (13) were out of the team. Ambati Rayudu scored 41 runs in 34 balls with the help of 7 fours and Pawan Negi remained unbeaten by scoring 21 runs with the help of 2 fours and a six. The team achieved its third consecutive victory with 54 balls remaining in the match.