Jammu and Kashmir quick bowler Auqib Nabi has scripted historical past within the Duleep Trophy together with his spectacular efficiency for North Zone within the ongoing quarter-final match towards East Zone on the BCCI Centre of Excellence Floor in Bengaluru on Friday, August 29.
The 28-year-old pacer from Baramulla shocked everybody together with his jaw-dropping hat trick and joined the elite listing of Indian legends like Kapil Dev. Nabi achieved the milestone within the 53rd over of East Zone’s innings within the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2025 quarter-final in Bengaluru on Friday.
Auqib Nabi wrecks East Zone with five-wicket haul in Duleep Trophy 2025
Auqib Nabi wreaked havoc on the East Zone’s batting lineup together with his report hat trick. Suraj Jaiswal was caught by the North Zone wicket-keeper Kanhaiya Wadhawan for 10, adopted by Manishi being trapped leg-before for a golden duck, and Mukhtar Hussain was additionally clean-bowled for the golden duck.
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His good spell additionally noticed him dismiss the well-set East Zone batter Virat Singh for 69 and veteran pacer Mohammed Shami for simply 1, as he completed with an unbelievable five-wicket haul.
Earlier, Nabi additionally confirmed his batting abilities by scoring a fast 44 off 33 balls to assist his workforce, North Zone, put up 405 runs on the board of their first innings towards East Zone within the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2025 quarter-final on the BCCI Centre of Excellence Floor.
Auqib Nabi achieves a uncommon feat within the Duleep Trophy
By dismissing Kanhaiya Wadhawan, Manishi, and Mukhtar Hussain with back-to-back deliveries, Auqib Nabi turns into solely the third bowler to attain a hat trick in Duleep Trophy historical past, becoming a member of the legendary Kapil Dev and Sairaj Bahutule.
The 1983 World Cup-winning captain, Kapil Dev, was the primary one to achieve this milestone. The legendary all-rounder achieved this feat whereas representing North Zone towards West Zone at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla throughout the 1978/79 season.
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Later, Sairaj Bahutule repeated this achievement for the West Zone towards the East Zone at Pune’s Nehru Stadium within the 2000/01 season.
J&Okay Auqib Nabi creates historical past in #DuleepTrophy, takes hat-trick (4 wickets in 4 balls). He was the very best wicket-taking fast-bowler in #RanjiTrophy this 12 months as properly. Plus made 44 in 33 balls with the bat earlier pic.twitter.com/AIz5Z2dcWb
— Mohsin Kamal (@64MohsinKamal) August 29, 2025
Auqib Nabi shines throughout codecs in home cricket
In the meantime, Auqib Nabi is rising as one among India’s most promising quick bowlers. In simply 29 first-class matches, the 28-year-old bowler has bowled practically 4,000 deliveries, taken 90 wickets at a powerful common of twenty-two.12, and had the perfect figures of 6/53 and 10/74.
His wickets got here at a decent economic system price of two.98 and a strike price of 44.4. Nabi has additionally claimed eight five-wicket hauls and two ten-wicket hauls in red-ball cricket. He has additionally been spectacular within the shorter codecs. In 29 Listing A matches, Nabi has picked up 42 wickets at a robust common of 28.88.
Nabi’s economic system price of 5.07 and a strike price of 34.1 spotlight his capability to bother batters persistently within the shorter format of the sport. In the identical match, Mohammed Shami scalped just one wicket whereas conceding 100 runs in 23 overs towards the North Zone within the first innings.
