Hat-tricks are special and treasured by any sportsperson, but to claim a hat-trick in cricket is even more a big achievement as a bowler needs to take three wickets in three successive deliveries.
Gujarat Titans spinner Rashid Khan was the last player to take a hat-trick in IPL, having claimed three wickets in a row against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023. Former India and Chennai Super Kings pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji was the first bowler to take a hattrick in IPL/
Rajasthan Royals spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Shreyas Gopal as well as Harshal Patel also achieved the rare feat of a hat-trick in the Indian Premier League in recent history of the cash-rich league.
How many hat-tricks have been registered in IPL so far?
The IPL has seen 22 hattricks so far with two players featuring in the list more than once. So far, hat-tricks in IPL have been claimed 8 times by pacers and 14 times by spinners. Among the 14 spinners, 6 are wrist-spinners with one bowler claiming three hattricks.
Which bowler has claimed most hat-tricks in IPL?
Amit Mishra has taken three hat-tricks for three different franchises, while Yuvraj Singh has claimed two hat-tricks for the same franchise. Bowlers from Rajasthan Royals (5 times) and Punjab Kings (4 times) feature the most in the list.
While 6 overseas bowlers make up the list of 22, Indian players have achieved the feat the most with some names like Rohit Sharma being the surprise players to claim a hat-trick.
Every edition of the IPL so far except the 2015, 2018 and 2020 edition has witnessed a bowler claim a hat-trick in the cash-rich league. Will we see another in IPL 2024? Here is a look at the IPL Hat-tricks list:
Hat-tricks in IPL History
Player (Team) Versus Victims Year
L Balaji (Chennai Super Kings) Punjab Kings Irfan Pathan 2008
Piyush Chawla
VRV Singh
Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals) Deccan Chargers D B Ravi Teja 2008
R P Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Makhaya Ntini (Chennai Super Kings) Kolkata Knight Riders Sourav Ganguly 2008
Debabrata Das
David Hussey
Yuvraj Singh (Punjab Kings) Royal Challengers Bangalore Robin Uthappa 2009
Mark Boucher
Jacques Kallis
Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers) Mumbai Indians Abhishek Nayar 2009
Harbhajan Singh
J-P Duminy
Yuvraj Singh (Punjab Kings) Deccan Chargers Herschelle Gibbs 2009
Andrew Symonds
Venugopal Rao
Praveen Kumar (Royal Challengers Bangalore) Rajasthan Royals Damien Martyn 2010
Sumit Narwal
Paras Dogra
Amit Mishra (Deccan Chargers) Punjab Kings Ryan McLaren 2011
Mandeep Singh
Ryan Harris
Ajit Chandila (Rajasthan Royals) Pune Warriors India Jesse Ryder 2012
Sourav Ganguly
Robin Uthappa
Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) Punjab Kings David Hussey 2013
Azhar Mahmood
Gurkeerat Singh
Amit Mishra (Sunrisers Hyderabad) Pune Warriors India Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2013
Rahul Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Pravin Tambe (Rajasthan Royals) Kolkata Knight Riders Manish Pandey 2014
Yusuf Pathan
Ryan ten Doeschate
Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals) Sunrisers Hyderabad Shikhar Dhawan 2014
Moises Henriques
Karn Sharma
Axar Patel (Punjab Kings) Gujarat Lions Dwayne Bravo 2016
Ravindra Jadeja
Dinesh Karthik
Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions) Rising Pune Supergiants Ankit Sharma 2017
Manoj Tiwary
Shardul Thakur
Samuel Badree (Royal Challengers Bangalore) Mumbai Indians Parthiv Patel 2017
Mitchell McClenaghan
Rohit Sharma
Jaydev Unadkat (Rising Pune Supergiants) Sunrisers Hyderabad Bipul Sharma 2017
Rashid Khan
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Sam Curran (Punjab Kings) Delhi Capitals Harshal Patel 2019
Kagiso Rabada
Sandeep Lamichhane
Shreyas Gopal (Rajasthan Royals) Royal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli 2019
AB de Villiers
Marcus Stoinis
Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya 2021
Kieron Pollard
Rahul Chahar
Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) Kolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer 2022
Shivam Mavi
Pat Cummins
Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans) Kolkata Knight Riders Andre Russell 2023
Sunil Narine
Shardul Thakur
Mark Hoover Mykhel
source: mykhel.com