Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has been leading Uttar Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has bagged his first ever T20 hat-trick in the match against Jharkhand at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Coming to bat first, UP scored just 160, having Rinku Singh as their highest scorer. He missed his well-deserved half century as he scored 45 runs off 28 balls. Defending a low score, Bhuvi finished his bowling quota being a total miser, gave 6 runs but took 3 consecutive wickets. His first prey was Gujarat Titan's new signing, Robin Minz, and then he cleared Bal Krishna for a golden duck. His final victim was Vivek Tiwari as he toppled the stumps. Thanks to Bhuvi, UP won by 10 runs. 4️⃣ - Overs1️⃣ - Maiden6️⃣ - Runs3️⃣ - Wickets1️⃣.5️⃣0️⃣ - EconomyUP captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivered a triple-wicket maiden in the 17th over against Jharkhand, guiding his team to victory.📸: BCCI pic.twitter.com/roU4FYd7HN — Men’s Cricket (@MensCricket) December 5, 2024 Bhuvneshwar Kumar milestones With this hattrick, Bhuvi became the fourth bowler to have a hattrick in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after Akash Madhwal, Shreyas Gopal, and Felix Alemao. Read Also: Abhishek Sharma equals Urvil Patel's 28-Ball century record Bhuvneshwar Kumar recently became the first Indian pacer to take 300 T20 wickets, surpassing Jasprit Bumrah. With 181 IPL and 90 international scalps, he trails only Bumrah among Indian pacers. Among all Indian bowlers, only spinners Yuzvendra Chahal, Piyush Chawla, and Ravichandran Ashwin have more T20 wickets. Notably, he has ended his stint with Sunrisers Hyderabad, as Royal Challengers Bengaluru brought him for a whopping Rs 10.75 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction. He started his T20 journey in 2009 with Royal Challengers Bengaluru and has evolved into one of the format's top seamers. Fifteen years later, he returns to RCB with a record-breaking SMAT campaign and an IPL contract, cementing his status as the swing king from Meerut.