Hat Trick in IPL: Which bowler has most hattricks in Indian Premier League?

Hat Trick in IPL – Bowlers have played an instrumental role in Indian Premier League over the years. They have risen on the occasion to put on extraordinary performances, inlcuding hattrick.

IPL has seen total of 20 hattricks so far. Let’s look at all hat trick in IPL

Hat Trick in IPL

Player	Dismissals	Final Bowling Figures	Against	Year
Lakshmipathy Balaji	Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, VRV Singh	5/24	KXIP	2008
Amit Mishra	Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ohja, RP Singh	5/17	DEC	2008
Makhaya Ntini	Sourav Ganguly, DB Das, David Hussey	4/21	KKR	2008
Yuvraj Singh	Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher	3/22	RCB	2009
Rohit Sharma	Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy	4/6	MI	2009
Yuvraj Singh	Harshal Gibbs, Andre Symonds, Venugopal Rao	3/13	DEC	2009
Praveen Kumar	DR Martyn, S Narwal, P Dogra	3/18	RR	2010
Amit Mishra	R McLaren, Mandeep Singh, Ryan Harris	4/9	KXIP	2011
Ajit Chandila	Jassie Ryder, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa	4/13	PWI	2012
Sunil Narine	David Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh	3/33	KXIP	2013
Amit Mishra	Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda	4/19	PWI	2013
Pravin Tambe	Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate	3/26	KKR	2014
Shane Watson	Shikhar Dhawan, M Henriques, KV Sharma	3/13	SRH	2014
Axar Patel	Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja	4/21	GL	2016
Samuel Badree	Parthiv Patel, Mitch McClenaghan, Rohit Sharma	4/9	MI	2017
Andrew Tye	Ankit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Shardul Thakur	5/17	RPS	2017
Jaydev Unadkat	Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar	5/30	SRH	2017
Sam Curran	Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane	4/11	DC	2019
Shreyas Gopal	V Kohli, AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis	3/12	RCB	2019
Harshal Patel	Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar	4/17	RCB	2021

There were three hat tricks that took place IPL 2009. But what came as a surprise, was it came from non regular bowlers. Playing for Punjab Kings, Yuvraj Singh took three wickets in three balls in two times in the tournament. He achieved the feat against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers.

Rohit Sharma Hat Trick in IPL

The second bowler who took hat-trick in 2009 was Rohit Sharma, achieving the feat against Mumbai Indians while playing for Deccan Chargers. The Premier batter dismissed Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy.

IPL 2010, 11 & 12 saw one hat trick each by Praveen Kumar, who took against Rajasthan Royals in 2010, Amit Mishra, who took his second hat trick in the tournament in 2010 and Ajit Chandila, who achieved the feat against Pune Warriors India in 2012.

Sunil Narine took his first hat trick in IPL in 2013 season, when playing for KKR he be claimed 3/33 against Kings XI Punjab. Amit Mishra in that season created history when he bagged his third hat trick, becoming the first bowler in the history of league to do so.

In IPL 2014, both the hat tricks belonged to Rajasthan Royals. Leg-spinner Pravin Tambe took 3/26 against Kolkata Knight Riders and then just after few games, Shane Watson took his first hat trick in the league, playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad and returning with the figures of 3/13.

Axar Patel was the lone hat trick taker in IPL 2016, when he took against Gujarat Lions to register his first hat trick in IPL. While the likes of Samuel Badree (4/9), Andrew Tye (5/17) and Jaydev Unadkat (5/30) were the bowlers that took hat trick in IPL 2017.

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Sam Curran registered first hat trick of 2019, when playing for Punjab Kings against Delhi Capitals, the left-arm pacer took 4/11. The second hat trick in that season was taken by Shreyas Gopal (RR) against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Harshal Patel was the pick of bowlers in IPL 2021. Not only he took most wickets in the season, he also bagged a hat trick to his name. He achieved the feat against Mumbai Indians.

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