In a tournament like the IPL, taking a hat-trick is no short of lifetime achievement for a bowler. Witnessing a hat-trick is a rare sight but there have been several instances where a bowler has bamboozled the batters with his line, length and variations. In this article, we will take look at the bowlers with most hat-tricks in IPL history.
Bowlers with most hat-tricks in IPL history:
PlayerTeamOpponentYearBowling figureLakshmipathy BalajiCSKPBKS20085/24Amit MishraDCDC (Deccan Chargers)20085/17Makhaya NtiniCSKKKR20084/21Yuvraj SinghPBKSRCB20093/22Rohit SharmaDC (Deccan Chargers)MI20094/6Yuvraj SinghPBKSDC (Deccan Chargers)20093/13Praveen KumarCSKRR20103/18Amit MishraDCPBKS20114/9Ajit Chandila RRPWI20124/13Sunil NarineKKRPBKS20133/3Amit MishraDCPWI20134/19Pravin TambeRRKKR20143/26Shane WatsonRRSRH20143/13Axar PatelPBKSGL20164/21Samuel BadreeRCBMI20174/9Andrew TyeGLRPS20175/17Jaydev UnadkatRPSSRH20175/30Sam CurranPBKSDC20194/11Shreyas GopalRRRCB20193/12Harshal PatelRCBMI20214/17Yuzvendra ChahalRRKKR20225/40Rashid KhanGTKKR20233/35
In the rich history of the IPL, there have been only 23 hat-tricks taken. While Lakshmipathy Balaji was the first to take a hat-trick, spin veteran Amit Mishra (3) holds the record for most number of hat-tricks in the IPL. Apart from him, Yuvraj Singh comes second on the list with two hat-tricks in IPL.
The latest one to join the list was Rashid Khan after he completed an excellent hat-trick against Kolkata Knight Riders in the last concluded edition of the Indian Premier League.
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