The 28-year-old pacer from Baramulla stunned everyone with his jaw-dropping hat trick and joined the elite list of Indian legends like Kapil Dev. Nabi achieved the milestone in the 53rd over of East Zone’s innings in the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2025 quarter-final in Bengaluru on Friday.
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Earlier, Nabi also showed his batting skills by scoring a quick 44 off 33 balls to help his team, North Zone, post 405 runs on the board in their first innings against East Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2025 quarter-final at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground.
Auqib Nabi achieves a rare feat in the Duleep Trophy
The 1983 World Cup-winning captain, Kapil Dev, was the first one to reach this milestone. The legendary all-rounder achieved this feat while representing North Zone against West Zone at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla during the 1978/79 season.
Later, Sairaj Bahutule repeated this achievement for the West Zone against the East Zone at Pune’s Nehru Stadium in the 2000/01 season.
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Auqib Nabi shines across formats in domestic cricket
Meanwhile, Auqib Nabi is emerging as one of India’s most promising fast bowlers. In just 29 first-class matches, the 28-year-old bowler has bowled nearly 4,000 deliveries, taken 90 wickets at an impressive average of 22.12, and had the best figures of 6/53 and 10/74.
Nabi’s economy rate of 5.07 and a strike rate of 34.1 highlight his ability to trouble batters consistently in the shorter format of the game. In the same match, Mohammed Shami scalped only one wicket while conceding 100 runs in 23 overs against the North Zone in the first innings.
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