GT vs KKR: Watch Vijay Shankar Hit Hat-trick of Sixes Against Shardul Thakur in GT vs KKR Game

GT vs KKR: Gujarat Titans took on Nitish Rana-led Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023 game on April 9 in Ahmedabad. All-rounder Vijay Shankar played a stellar knock. He hit a hat-trick of sixes against KKR pacer Shardul Thakur in the final over of Gujarat Titans’ innings in the GT vs KKR game.

In the absence of Hardik Pandya, the onus was on the relatively inexperienced Indian batters in the middle order to anchor the GT innings. Vijay Shankar along with Sai Sudharsan made a formidable partnership for the fourth wicket.

Young Sai Sudharsan held one end for the Gujarat Titans after they had lost three wickets. Sudharsan scored a brilliant 38-ball 53 in the GT vs KKR game. On the other hand, Vijay Shankar started playing aggressive shots right from the word go. Consequently, he dominated the KKR bowlers.

GT vs KKR: Vijay Shankar Hits a Hat-trick of Sixes in the final over, taking GT’s total to 204 runs

Vijay Shankar had scored 46 runs in just 19 balls before the start of the final over of Gujarat Titans’ innings. They were placed at a score of 184-4. Shardul Thakur bowled two good deliveries upfront. The GT side had got only 1 run after which the mighty all-rounder decided to go all guns blazing.

Shardul Thakur bowled a back-of-a-length delivery. Moreover, Vijay Shankar slogged it over the mid-wicket boundary for a massive six. The KKR pacer then tried a knuckleball on a fuller length. However, the GT all-rounder heaved it over long-on making it two in two.

On the fifth delivery of the final over, Shardul Thakur again bowled a length delivery outside the off-stump. It allowed the GT batter to smash it over the mid-wicket boundary. Courtesy of the Hat-trick of Sixes by Vijay Shankar, Gujarat Titans scored 20 runs in the final over of their innings.

Vijay Shankar played a swashbuckling knock of 63 runs off just 24 deliveries. It included 4 boundaries and 5 monstrous sixes. The impressive knock played by Vijay Shankar allowed Gujarat Titans to post a mammoth total of 204-4 in their 20 overs in the GT vs KKR game in IPL 2023.