IPL 2025 | "I just planned to bowl my best": Yuzvendra Chahal after hat-trick vs CSK

Yuzvendra Chahal

Punjab Kings' hat-trick hero Yuzvendra Chahal revealed that he relied on his instincts and tweaked his line after observing that the pacers' slower balls were gripping the surface during their IPL clash against Chennai Super Kings.

The leg-spinner, who conceded 23 runs in his first two overs, came back to deliver a game-changing penultimate over.

He first dismissed MS Dhoni (11) and then went on to claim the wickets of Deepak Hooda (2), Anshul Kamboj (0), and Noor Ahmad (0) - sealing his second IPL hat-trick in spectacular fashion.

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"I knew Mahi bhai [Dhoni] was there, so was [Shivam] Dube. But I had a feeling that I would get a wicket in this over. I didn't think much whether they would hit me for six, I just planned to bowl my best and keep changing my lines," Chahal said in a post-match interaction with skipper Shreyas Iyer, in a
video posted on the IPL website.

Chahal finished with figures of 4-32 as CSK were bowled out for 190 in 19.2 overs, slipping to a four-wicket defeat against Punjab Kings, a loss that also ended the five-time champions' Playoff hopes.

Asked about the turnaround in his second spell after being taken for runs early on, Chahal said: "I knew after the pacers finish their quotas I will bowl the 19th or 20th over, so I was preparing accordingly."

Asked if he had a specific plan for the hat-trick ball, he said: "I didn't think of getting him out, I knew he would try to hit me and I thought it's okay if he goes after me."

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