Mohit Jangra was one of the two bowlers to take a hat-trick (File Photo)
It is natural to be surprised and curious just after reading the headline. In the long history of cricket, there have been many matches in which there was a lot of drama. Who can forget the final of the World Cup 2019, in which first the match was tied and then the score became equal in the super over. Many such matches have been played in which wickets have fallen. But the scene that was seen in a match of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season, hardly anyone would have seen in recent years and this happened in the Assam-Services match.
This match played in Tinsukia, Assam was decided within just 2 days and this happened because the pitch of this ground proved to be like a graveyard for the batsmen. This match, which started on Saturday 25 October, ended even before the completion of the second day's play. The bowlers of both the teams wreaked such havoc that 25 wickets fell on the first day itself and this trend continued on the second day as well.
It started from Services side, who were bowling first in the match. 2 wickets had fallen in just 19 balls. After this, something happened which had never happened before in the history of Ranji Trophy. In the 12th over, left arm spinner Arjun Sharma completed his hat-trick by taking 3 consecutive wickets. Assam's innings had not even finished when fast bowler Mohit Jangra completed his hat-trick in the 15th and 17th overs. This was the first time when two bowlers took hat-tricks in the same innings.
A first in Ranji Trophy ☝
Arjun Sharma 🤝 Mohit Jangra
2️⃣ hat-tricks for Services in their game against Assam 👏
This was the first instance in Ranji Trophy history where two different bowlers claimed hat-tricks in the same innings.
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/serZLq3IXR pic.twitter.com/FxeVcHMK1q
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) October 25, 2025
The effect of this was that Assam's innings collapsed for just 103 runs. In this also, 6 batsmen were out without opening their account. Then it was Assam's turn to settle the score and Riyan Parag did this work for it. Spin-allrounder Ryan started the bowling and took 5 wickets and bundled out Services for 108 runs. In this, 4 batsmen could not open their account.
But the drama was yet to come and once again Assam's batsmen had to fall victim to it. In the second innings, Assam lost 5 wickets for just 39 runs. In this way, a total of 25 wickets were lost on the first day of the match. On the second day, the remaining 5 batsmen of Assam also did not last long and the entire team was out for 75 runs. Once again 3 batsmen of Assam were out with the score of 0.
Services achieved the target of 71 runs by losing 2 wickets long before the end of the second day's play and the match was completely over in just 90 overs, which also proved to be the shortest match in Ranji Trophy history. In this way, a total of 32 wickets fell in the match (25 on the first day, 7 on the second day). In this also, 13 batsmen were out without opening their account, while 2 other batsmen could not open their account. Although he was not out.
