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:
| Player | Team | Opponent | Year | Bowling figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | CSK | PBKS | 2008 | 5/24 |
| Amit Mishra | DC | DC (Deccan Chargers) | 2008 | 5/17 |
| Makhaya Ntini | CSK | KKR | 2008 | 4/21 |
| Yuvraj Singh | PBKS | RCB | 2009 | 3/22 |
| Rohit Sharma | DC (Deccan Chargers) | MI | 2009 | 4/6 |
| Yuvraj Singh | PBKS | DC (Deccan Chargers) | 2009 | 3/13 |
| Praveen Kumar | CSK | RR | 2010 | 3/18 |
| Amit Mishra | DC | PBKS | 2011 | 4/9 |
| Ajit Chandila | RR | PWI | 2012 | 4/13 |
| Sunil Narine | KKR | PBKS | 2013 | 3/3 |
| Amit Mishra | DC | PWI | 2013 | 4/19 |
| Pravin Tambe | RR | KKR | 2014 | 3/26 |
| Shane Watson | RR | SRH | 2014 | 3/13 |
| Axar Patel | PBKS | GL | 2016 | 4/21 |
| Samuel Badree | RCB | MI | 2017 | 4/9 |
| Andrew Tye | GL | RPS | 2017 | 5/17 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | RPS | SRH | 2017 | 5/30 |
| Sam Curran | PBKS | DC | 2019 | 4/11 |
| Shreyas Gopal | RR | RCB | 2019 | 3/12 |
| Harshal Patel | RCB | MI | 2021 | 4/17 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | RR | KKR | 2022 | 5/40 |
| Rashid Khan | GT | KKR | 2023 | 3/35 |
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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