Three dimensional seems to be the in-thing these days as far as cricketers are concerned. The latest has to do with Steve Smith on Shreyas Gopal, the lad who, allowed to bowl only one over in the rain-hit game reduced to a five-over contest at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday night, went on to pick a hat-trick that included the wickets of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.

To boast further, he bowled in the Powerplay. RCB scored 62-7 in their five overs and RR were 41-1 in 3.2 overs when the rains came back resulting in the teams sharing the points. Smith had gone ga-ga over Gopal during his pre-match media conference on Monday, praising not just his leg-spin but also his batting and fielding. So why not add the fourth dimension was the question put to Smith just as he was leaving the press conference room.