Hat-trick for Chennai Super Kings star in Ranji Trophy 2025 second round

A joyful day for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans. One of their bowlers from the IPL 2025 squad has taken a hat-trick during the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2025 second round. The record-making bowling came during the Tamil Nadu vs Nagaland match at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Karnataka.

It was the left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh who wrecked havoc during the first innings of Nagaland. He took the wickets of Sedezhalie Rupero, Hem Chetri, and Captain Rongsen Jonathan on Day 2 of the match. The wicket has some grass on it, which perhaps was enough for the pacer to move the ball in both ways. The way he bowled out Rupero was worth taking another look at.

After the end of Day 2, Tamil Nadu is maintaining their lead by 362 runs. They went to bat first in the match and scored a massive total of 512 runs in exchange for only 3 wickets. Nagaland was already under pressure because of the mammoth total when they walked onto the ground with the bat. Singh bagged the hat trick in the 6th over of the innings before clinching the wicket of Chetan Bist. So far, after delivering 12 overs, the pacer claimed 4 wickets at an economy rate of 2.83.

Hat-trick for CSK pacer Gurjapneet Singh

Chennai Super Kings signed Gurjapneet for the 2025 Indian Premier League season. But due to a serious injury, he was ruled out of the season before making an IPL debut. In place of the injured pacer, CSK brought Dewald Brevis into the squad.

Singh was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for Rs. 2.2 crore at the 2025 IPL Super Auction. Will the team management retain the promising cricketer ahead of the IPL 2026 mini auction? CSK fans will be curious to know.