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Watch: Sonu Yadav Takes the First Hat-Trick of TNPL 2025

Cricket Gully | June 8, 2025 4:39 AM CST

The third TNPL 2025 match between Nellai Royal Kings and Trichy Grand Cholas is being played at the SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore. The match has already produced one of the most thrilling moments of the season. Sonu Yadav stole the limelight with the first hat-trick of TNPL 2025. He sent back U Mukilesh on 19.3 over, then Saravana Kumar on 19.4, and then J Kousik on 19.5. This phenomenal bowling has reversed the game and treated the audience to a moment they will never forget.

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Sonu Yadav's hat-trick arrived in the last over of the innings and turned the game entirely in the Nellai Royal Kings' favor. It began with the third ball of the 19th over when he clean-bowled U Mukilesh with a deadly delivery that hit the stumps hard. The next delivery saw Saravana Kumar attempt to play a big one but mis-timed it straight to Arun Karthik at mid-off.

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At the fifth ball, J Kousik came in and pushed one to the edge that was caught by NS Harish, and it was third wicket in three balls. Like that, Sonu Yadav made a mark in TNPL history by taking the first 2025 season hat-trick. He finished his spell with amazing figures of 3 wickets in 3 overs. It was an ideal demonstration of death-over bowling under pressure and a lesson in how a single over can turn the entire direction of a T20 game.

Nellai Seal Victory in Style

At the end of the last over of the match, Nellai Royal Kings required only seven runs. Sonu Yadav and NS Harish played cool and completed the task with ease. Sonu Yadav after a couple of dot deliveries hit a huge six down the ground on the second delivery of the 20th over to wrap up the win. ran down the target of 158 in 19.2 overs, winning the game by 5 wickets. NS Harish, who contributed a crucial knock of 35 off 22 balls, was awarded the Player of the Match for his all-round effort.