After their early struggles in the tournament, Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) have come back strong to turn their campaign around in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Steve Smith brigade is currently placed second in the points table with eight wins in 12 matches.

Winning four games on the trot, the Pune side has not only kept themselves in contention of making the last-four stage, but they have also become one of the top contenders to win the title this season. Their last match against in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) was a testimony to their turnaround this year.

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Riding on a late onslaught by MS Dhoni, Pune managed to post a moderate total of 148 runs. And, then trumped the Hyderabad side to clinch a narrow 12-run victory. It was Jaydev Unadkat, whose figures of 5-30, turned the tide in Pune's favour.

Unadkat five-for included a brilliant hat-trick in the final over of Hyderabad innings. It was also the third hat-trick of the season. He dismissed Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan and purple cap holder Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bring up his 100th T20 wicket.

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And, naturally, Unadkat's exploits attracted a lot of plaudits from fans and fellow cricketers. Among all the good words, his teammate Ben Stokes came up with own unique way of praising Unadkat.

Lauding the Pune seamer, the England all-rounder superimposed the face of Unadkat on a giant rabbit, holding a man by his leg, next to an equally big hat with the words 'Hat Trick' on the photo he shared on Instagram.

Great work today from the team...special mention to The Mango Man @jd_unadkat on his amazing bowling performance #hattrick #5er

A post shared by Ben Stokes (@stokesy) on May 6, 2017 at 11:12am PDT

Looks like Stokesy is following in the footsteps of Virender Sehwag whose uncanny humour and unique ways of expressing his opinion on social media has been a huge hit amongst his fans.