The bowlers don’t get enough of credit when it comes to the T20 format, and hat-tricks in particular are something that rarely come about. However, we’ve seen a few hat-tricks in the Indian Premier League (IPL) ever since inception way back in 2008. In fact, some players have even gone on to get multiple IPL hat-tricks, stamping their authority in the history of this competition.
The first IPL season was played in 2008 and that season itself saw as many as three IPL hat-tricks being taken, setting the tone for the rest of the competition’s history. This page was last updated on 9th April 2023 and as of that date, as many as 22 IPL hat-tricks were claimed from start till date, with the latest one being that of Rashid Khan for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023. Keep reading for our full IPL hat-tricks list…
Indian Premier League hat-tricks list
The first IPL hat-trick was picked up by former India pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji who went down in the record books in IPL 2008 where he represented the Chennai Super Kings franchise, with the moment happening at their home ground in Chennai against the then Kings XI Punjab. See below for our complete IPL hat-tricks list:
| Sr. | Date | Bowler | Team vs Opponent | Victims |
| 1 | 10 May 2008 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab | Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, VRV Singh |
| 2 | 15 May 2008 | Amit Mishra | Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers | Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh |
| 3 | 18 May 2008 | Makhaya Ntini | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Sourav Ganguly, Debabrata Das, David Hussey |
| 4 | 1 May 2009 | Yuvraj Singh | Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher |
| 5 | 6 May 2009 | Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians | Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy |
| 6 | 17 May 2009 | Yuvraj Singh (2) | Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers | Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, Venugopal Rao |
| 7 | 18 Mar 2010 | Praveen Kumar | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals | Damien Martyn, Sumit Narwal, Paras Dogra |
| 8 | 21 May 2011 | Amit Mishra (2) | Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab | Ryan McLaren, Mandeep Singh, Ryan Harris |
| 9 | 13 May 2012 | Ajit Chandila | Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors | Jesse Ryder, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa |
| 10 | 16 Apr 2013 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab | David Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh |
| 11 | 17 Apr 2013 | Amit Mishra (3) | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Pune Warriors | Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda |
| 12 | 5 May 2014 | Pravin Tambe | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate |
| 13 | 8 May 2014 | Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Karn Sharma |
| 14 | 1 May 2016 | Axar Patel | Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions | Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja |
| 15 | 14 Apr 2017 | Samuel Badree | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rohit Sharma |
| 16 | 14 Apr 2017 | Andrew Tye | Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant | Ankit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Shardul Thakur |
| 17 | 6 May 2017 | Jaydev Unadkat | Rising Pune Supergiant vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| 18 | 1 Apr 2019 | Sam Curran | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Capitals | Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane |
| 19 | 30 Apr 2019 | Shreyas Gopal | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis |
| 20 | 26 Sep 2021 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians | Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Rahul Chahar |
| 21 | 18 Apr 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Pat Cummins |
| 22 | 9 Apr 2023 | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur |
| 23 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
The IPL hat-tricks list above proves one thing and that’s the fact that you don’t need to be a frontline, strike bowler in order to be successful at all times. Quite a few part-timers have got IPL hat-tricks and one of them is iconic all-rounder Yuvraj Singh who has his name in this list twice, becoming the first cricketer to get two hat-tricks in the Indian Premier League.
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And still, he doesn’t hold the record for most IPL hat-tricks because that lies with leg-spinner Amit Mishra who bagged as many as three (3) IPL hat-tricks between 2009-2013, for Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, and Sunrisers Hyderabad. It’s also noted that the number of spinners to get hat-tricks in this competition is way more than the number of medium pacers / fast bowlers.
The unfortunate record for being a hat-trick victim on two separate occasions lies with Shardul Thakur, who was the third person to be dismissed in each of Tye and Rashid’s hat-tricks. This page will be updated as and when there are more IPL hat-tricks in the future. For more updates on the Indian Premier League and other cricketing events from around the world, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com…
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