Shardul Thakur, who hit a hundred for Mumbai earlier in January, took a hat-trick against Meghalaya in the final round of Ranji Trophy group stages. KL Rahul, meanwhile, was dismissed for 26 on his return to the tournament after 5 years.

KL Rahul was dismissed for 26 off 37 balls during Karnataka’s Ranji Trophy match against Haryana at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday.

CHENNAI: Locked in a three-way tussle for a quarterfinal berth, Karnataka will have KL Rahul’s experience to bank on in the quest for a bonus point win over table-toppers Haryana in their final league match of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C in Bengaluru on Thursday.