Cricketers of the Week: April 9th – April 15th

#4 Samuel Badree

Badree had the Mumbai India reeling at 7/4 after his stunning hat-trick

West Indies would have dearly wished Badree was playing for them against Pakistan. The West Indies spinner bowled probably the spell of the IPL so far getting a hat-trick in his second over, the third over of the innings, in Royal Challengers Bangalore’s match against Mumbai Indians. RCB only had 142 on board which at the Chinnaswamy was a paltry total for Mumbai Indians to chase down.

But Badree ensured it wasn’t a walk in the park, with the wickets of Parthiv Patel, pinch-hitter Mitchell McClenaghan and then the skipper, Rohit Sharma. MI were 8 for 4 at the end of the third over and it needed a super-human effort from out-of-form Kieron Pollard to see MI home. Badree finished his spell with another wicket, that of in-form Nitish Rana to finish with match figures of 4-1-9-4.

MI stumbled to 33 for 5 after 8 overs. But Pollard added 93 for the sixth wicket with Krunal Pandya who scored a 30-ball 37 before finishing the match off with his brother Hardik Pandya in the 19^th over.