<p>Having sleep-walked through the early part of the final day against Uttar Pradesh, A Mithun came to life dramatically, firing out Piyush Chawla, Amir Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh in successive deliveries to become only the second Karnataka bowler after Javagal Srinath to take a hat-trick on Ranji Trophy debut. <br /><br />He thus followed up on his six for 86 in the first innings with five for 95 in the second, making for wonderful match analyses of 11 for 181. <br />“I am delighted, it feels great,” said the 20-year-old, slowly realising that the media glare will accompany him for a while now. “I was a little nervous before the hat-trick ball, but I calmed myself, went ahead and bowled that yorker.” ‘That’ yorker cleaned up Rudra Pratap Singh. “It is my most cherished scalp,” Mithun observed. <br /><br />“Not only did it bring up the hat-trick, it also was my tenth wicket of the match.”<br />Thankful for tips from Dodda Ganesh, Mithun could soon come to be known as the Hat-trick Man, too. <br /><br />He got a hat-trick in under-19 cricket against Bengal, and a hat-trick on debut in under-25 cricket against Hyderabad, both in the 2007-08 season. <br />Last season, he took nine wickets in an innings against Uttar Pradesh at the under-19 level. Too early to call him a phenom, but this Mithun, he sure has got something.<br /><br />* A Mithun became the 267th player to represent Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. <br />* Mithun (6/86 & 5/95) became the ninth bowler to capture five or more wickets and second bowler to claim over ten wickets on debut in Ranji Trophy for Karnataka The right-arm quick joined former off-spinner GV Kumar who took 13 wickets (7/53 & 6/54) on his debut against Tamil Nadu in Bangalore in 1977-78.<br />* Manish Pandey's maiden century (194) is the fifth highest maiden century by a Karnataka batsman in Ranji Trophy. <br />* Thilak Naidu took 200th catch in Ranji Trophy when he caught opener Srivatsava to become only the second wicket-keeper in Ranji Trophy to have taken over 200 catches. Vinayak Samanth of Mumbai with 264 catches is ahead of him. <br /></p>
<p>Having sleep-walked through the early part of the final day against Uttar Pradesh, A Mithun came to life dramatically, firing out Piyush Chawla, Amir Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh in successive deliveries to become only the second Karnataka bowler after Javagal Srinath to take a hat-trick on Ranji Trophy debut. <br /><br />He thus followed up on his six for 86 in the first innings with five for 95 in the second, making for wonderful match analyses of 11 for 181. <br />“I am delighted, it feels great,” said the 20-year-old, slowly realising that the media glare will accompany him for a while now. “I was a little nervous before the hat-trick ball, but I calmed myself, went ahead and bowled that yorker.” ‘That’ yorker cleaned up Rudra Pratap Singh. “It is my most cherished scalp,” Mithun observed. <br /><br />“Not only did it bring up the hat-trick, it also was my tenth wicket of the match.”<br />Thankful for tips from Dodda Ganesh, Mithun could soon come to be known as the Hat-trick Man, too. <br /><br />He got a hat-trick in under-19 cricket against Bengal, and a hat-trick on debut in under-25 cricket against Hyderabad, both in the 2007-08 season. <br />Last season, he took nine wickets in an innings against Uttar Pradesh at the under-19 level. Too early to call him a phenom, but this Mithun, he sure has got something.<br /><br />* A Mithun became the 267th player to represent Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. <br />* Mithun (6/86 & 5/95) became the ninth bowler to capture five or more wickets and second bowler to claim over ten wickets on debut in Ranji Trophy for Karnataka The right-arm quick joined former off-spinner GV Kumar who took 13 wickets (7/53 & 6/54) on his debut against Tamil Nadu in Bangalore in 1977-78.<br />* Manish Pandey's maiden century (194) is the fifth highest maiden century by a Karnataka batsman in Ranji Trophy. <br />* Thilak Naidu took 200th catch in Ranji Trophy when he caught opener Srivatsava to become only the second wicket-keeper in Ranji Trophy to have taken over 200 catches. Vinayak Samanth of Mumbai with 264 catches is ahead of him. <br /></p>
