Cricket is a gentleman’s game, this is one of the most popular lines in the sports fraternity. Well, talking of cricket, the debate surrounding the topic of whether the game is of the bowlers or batters is still unsettled.
The answer can never be one sided as both aspects are equally contributing and exciting to watch. On one side, there's a run feast while on the other, there’s the delightful sound of the ball hitting the timber.
But do you know what’s even better, getting not just 1, not two but three wickets back-to-back! Yes, we’re discussing one of bowler’s greatest milestones, the hat-trick!
Over the years we’ve seen some of the most amazing and dramatic dismissals in the Indian Premier League and when they come one after another, it's just as crazy as it can get.
So here we are, listing the most number of hat-tricks picked by a bowler in the IPL alongside all the times we saw 3 batsmen walking back in a span of 3 deliveries!
Most Hat Tricks Stats are as follows:-
| S.No. | Player | Team | Bowling Figures | Against | Year | Players |
| 1 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | Chennai Super Kings | 5/24 | Punjab Kings | 2008 | Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, VRV Singh |
| 2 | Amit Mishra | Delhi Capitals | 5/17 | Deccan Chargers | 2008 | Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh |
| 3 | Makhaya Ntini | Chennai Super Kings | 4/21 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2008 | Sourav Ganguly, Debabrata Das, David Hussey |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab Kings | 3/22 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2009 | Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers | 4/6 | Mumbai Indians | 2009 | Abishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy |
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab Kings | 3/13 | Deccan Chargers | 2009 | Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, Venugopal Rao |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3/18 | Rajasthan Royals | 2010 | Damien Martyn, Sumit Narwal, Paras Dogra |
| 8 | Amit Mishra | Deccan Chargers | 4/9 | Punjab Kings | 2011 | Ryan McLaren, Mandeep Singh, Ryan Harris |
| 9 | Ajit Chandila | Rajasthan Royals | 4/13 | Pune Warriors India | 2012 | Jesse Rider, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa |
| 10 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3/33 | Punjab Kings | 2013 | David Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh |
List of all Hat Tricks in IPL
| Sr. No. | Player | Team | Venue | Victims | Against | Season |
| 1 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | IK Pathan, PP Chawla, VRV Singh | Punjab Kings | 2008 |
| 2 | Amit Mishra | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | DB Ravi Teja, PP Ojha, RP Singh | Deccan Chargers | 2008 |
| 3 | M Ntini | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata | SC Ganguly, DB Das, DJ Hussey | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2008 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab Kings | Durban | RV Uthappa, JH Kallis, MV Boucher | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2009 |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers | Centurion | AM Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy | Mumbai Indians | 2009 |
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab Kings | Johannesburg | HH Gibbs, A Symonds, Y Venugopal Rao | Deccan Chargers | 2009 |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | DR Martyn, S Narwal, P Dogra | Rajasthan Royals | 2010 |
| 8 | Amit Mishra | Deccan Chargers | Dharamsala | R McLaren, Mandeep Singh, RJ Harris | Punjab Kings | 2011 |
| 9 | Ajit Chandila | Rajasthan Royals | Jaipur | JD Ryder, SC Ganguly, RV Uthappa | Pune Warriors | 2012 |
| 10 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali | DJ Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh | Punjab Kings | 2013 |
| 11 | Amit Mishra | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Pune | B Kumar, R Sharma, AB Dinda | Pune Warriors | 2013 |
| 12 | Pravin Tambe | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad | MK Pandey, YK Pathan, RN ten Doeschate | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2014 |
| 13 | Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad | S Dhawan, MC Henriques, KV Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2014 |
| 14 | Axar Patel | Punjab Kings | Rajkot | KD Karthik, DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja | Gujrat Lions | 2016 |
| 15 | Samuel Badree | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | PA Patel, MJ McClenaghan, RG Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 2017 |
| 16 | Andrew Tye | Gujrat Lions | Rajkot | Ankit Sharma, MK Tiwary, SN Thakur | Rising Pune Supergiants | 2017 |
| 17 | Jaydev Unadkat | Rising Pune Supergiants | Hyderabad (Deccan) | Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, B Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2017 |
| 18 | Sam Curran | Punjab Kings | Chandigarh | HV Patel, K Rabada, S Lamichhane | Delhi Capitals | 2019 |
| 19 | Shreyas Gopal | Rajasthan Royals | Bengaluru | V Kohli, AB de Villiers, MP Stoinis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2019 |
| 20 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Dubai (DSC) | HH Pandya, KA Pollard, RD Chahar | Mumbai Indians | 2021 |
| 21 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | Brabourne | SS Iyer, Shivam Mavi, PJ Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2022 |
FAQs
Q. Who has the most number of IPL hattricks?
Ans. Amit Mishra has the most number of IPL hat-tricks in the history of IPL as he has got 3 hat-tricks to his name.
Q. Who took the first hat-trick of the IPL?
Ans. Lakshmipathy Balaji, playing for Chennai Super Kings took the first-ever hat-trick in the history of IPL while facing Punjab Kings in 2008.
Q. Which team has most hattrick in IPL?
Ans. The Rajasthan Royals franchise have 5 hat-tricks to their name which is the highest by any team in the IPL. Here are the bowlers who grabbed three wickets in three balls for the Royals:
Ajit Chandila v PWI, 2012.
Praveen Tambe v KKR, 2014.
Shane Watson v SRH, 2014.
Shreyas Gopal v RCB, 2019.
Yuzvendra Chahal v KKR, 2022
Q. Which bowler has 3 hattrick in IPL?
Ans. Veteran leggie Amit Mishra has the record for three hat-tricks in the IPL. He took the hat-tricks in the 2008, 2011 and the 2013 season to achieve this feat.
Q. Who is CSK first hat-trick?
Ans. Laksmipathy Balaji was the first-ever bowler to pick up a hat-trick for the Super Kings.
Q. Did tambe take hat-trick in IPL?
Ans. Yes, Pravin Tambe took a hat-trick while playing for the Rajasthan Royals in 2014. He did this by sending back Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, and Ryan ten Doeschate of Kolkata Knight Riders in a 2014 match.
Q. Who took hat-trick 2022 IPL?
Ans. Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal trapped Kolkata Knight Riders’ Shreyas Iyer in front to get rid of him via LBW off the fourth delivery of the 17th over. The next two deliveries saw Shivam Mavi, and Pat Cummins walking back to the pavilion after getting out caught. This gave Chahal his first ever hat-trick in IPL and the 21st overall in the competition.
