First hat trick in IPL: Full list of bowlers with hat tricks in IPL

Rishikesh Sharma | 23/03/2022
First hat trick in IPL: Full list of bowlers with hat tricks in IPL

First hat trick in IPL: There have been a total of 70 hattricks so far in the history of the Indian Premier League.

IPL 2022 is set to start from 26 March 2022, and the final will be played on 29 May 2022. Chennai Super Kings will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the first game of the season. It is a usual trend of playing the last year’s finalists on the first day of the season.

A total of 70 league games will be played this season. There will be two groups of five teams each. Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals are in Group A, whereas Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans are in Group B.

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A team will play its group members and one of the teams from the other group twice, whereas they will play one game each against the other four teams. So, a team will play 14 leagues games before the playoffs. The top-4 team overall will qualify for the playoffs.

First hat trick in IPL

Hat-tricks are quite rare in cricket and there have been a total of 20 hat-tricks so far in the history of IPL. Former Indian pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the history of the tournament.

Balaji was playing for Chennai Super Kings in 2008, and he achieved the feat against Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab in 2008). He took the wickets of Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla and VRV Singh to complete his hattrick. Apart from Lakshmipathy Balaji, Amit Mishra and Makhaya Nitini had also performed hat-tricks in the inaugural season.

Full list of bowlers with hat tricks in IPL (updated)

S No. Player Team Against Year
1 Lakshmipathy Balaji Chennai Super Kings Punjab Kings 2008
2 Amit Mishra Delhi Capitals Deccan Chargers 2008
3 Makhaya Ntini Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders 2008
4 Yuvraj Singh Punjab Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore 2009
5 Rohit Sharma Deccan Chargers Mumbai Indians 2009
6 Yuvraj Singh Punjab Kings Deccan Chargers 2009
7 Praveen Kumar Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajasthan Royals 2010
8 Amit Mishra Deccan Chargers Punjab Kings 2011
9 Ajith Chandila Rajasthan Royals Pune Warriors 2012
10 Sunil Narine Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Kings 2013
11 Amit Mishra Sunrisers Hyderabad Pune Warriors 2013
12 Praveen Tambe Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders 2014
13 Shane Watson Rajasthan Royals Sunrisers Hyderabad 2014
14 Axar Patel Punjab Kings Gujarat Lions 2016
15 Samuel Badree Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians 2017
16 AJ Tye Gujarat Lions Rising Pune Supergiants 2017
17 Jaydev Unadkat Rising Pune Supergiants Sunrisers Hyderabad 2017
18 Sam Curran Punjab Kings Delhi Capitals 2019
19 Shreyas Gopal Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore 2019
20 Harshal Patel Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians 2021
21 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders 2022
22 Rashid Khan Gujarat Titans Kolkata Knight Riders 2023
Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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An engineering graduate and an ardent sports fan, Rishikesh Sharma is covering cricket for three years now after not making peace with a corporate life and has written more than 5000 articles. While Sourav Ganguly made him fall in love with the sport, Brendon McCullum and Gautam Gambhir enhanced it. Apart from cricket, Rishikesh is a huge fan of Liverpool FC. When not watching sports, you will find him riding around Jaipur.

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