Picking up a hat-trick is considered to be one of the most difficult tasks in any form of cricket. And if you get three wickets in successive deliveries in the T20 format it has the potential to change the course of the match.
Here we look at the record of quick trebles in the IPL, ahead of the 2024 season.
How many hat-tricks have been taken in the IPL?
In the IPL, this feat has been achieved 22 times across 17 seasons (including the current 2024 one) by 19 different bowlers.
In the 2023 edition of IPL, only Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans took a hat-trick. Against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the Afghan bowler got the wickets of Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur in the 17th over to derail Kolkata’s run-chase.
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Who took the first hat-trick in IPL?
The first-ever IPL hat-trick was achieved by Lakshmipathy Balaji for the Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural season of the tournament in 2008. He took three wickets in the last over of the match against Kings XI Punjab, which helped his team to win the match.
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How many bowlers have taken multiple hat-tricks in the IPL?
Since then, many bowlers have etched their names in the history books of IPL by achieving this rare feat but only Amit Mishra & Yuvraj Singh have been able to repeat their heroics in the tournament.
The leg-spinner, has taken three hat-tricks, which is the most by any bowler in the IPL. He achieved this feat in 2008, 2011, and 2013 seasons, playing for the Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, and Sunrisers Hyderabad, respectively.
Whereas, Yuvraj took both the hat-tricks playing for KXIP in the 2009 edition of IPL against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers.
Rohit Sharma, the Indian skipper who is known more for his big hits, also has an IPL hat-trick to his name. In 2009, he dismissed Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, and JP Duminy of Mumbai Indians in three consecutive balls to achieve this feat.
In the 2023 IPL edition, there was only one hat-trick which has been taken by Rashid Khan against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
In the 17th over, he got Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur respectively to provide a jolt to KKR.
List: All hat-tricks taken in the Indian Premier League
| Player | Match | Venue | Victims | Season |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji (CSK) | CSK vs KXIP | Chennai | IK Pathan PP Chawla VRV Singh |
2008 |
| Amit Mishra (DD) | DC vs DD | Delhi | Dwaraka Ravi Teja Pragyan Ojha RP Singh |
2008 |
| Makhaya Ntini (CSK) | CSK vs KKR | Kolkata | Saurav Ganguly Debabrata Das David Hussey |
2008 |
| Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) | KXIP vs RCB | Durban | Robin Uthappa Jacques Kallis Mark Boucher |
2009 |
| Rohit Sharma (DC) | DC VS MI | Centurion | Abhishek Nayar Harbhajan Singh JP Duminy |
2009 |
| Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) | KXIP vs DC | Johannesburg | Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Symonds Venugopal Rao |
2009 |
| Praveen Kumar (RCB) | RCB vs RR | Bangalore | Damien Martyn Sumit Narwal Paras Dogra |
2010 |
| Amit Mishra (DC) | KXIP vs DC | Dharamsala | Ryan McLaren Mandeep Singh Ryan Harris |
2011 |
| Ajit Chandila (RR) | RR vs PW | Jaipur | Jesse Rider Saurav Ganguly Robin Uthappa |
2012 |
| Sunil Narine (KKR) | KKR vs KXIP | Mohali | David Hussey Azhar Mahmood Gurkeerat Singh |
2013 |
| Amit Mishra (SRH) | SRH vs PW | Pune | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar Rahul Sharma Ashok Dinda |
2013 |
| Pravin Tambe (RR) | RR vs KKR | Ahmedabad | Manish Pandey Yusuf Pathan Ryan ten Doeschate |
2014 |
| Shane Watson (RR) | RR vs SRH | Ahmedabad | Shikhar Dhawan Moses Henriques Karn Sharma |
2014 |
| Axar Patel (PBKS) |
GL vs KXIP | Rajkot | Dinesh Karthik Dwayne Bravo Ravindra Jadeja |
2016 |
| Samuel Badree (RCB) |
RCB vs MI | Bangalore | Parthiv Patel Mitchell McClenaghan Rohit Sharma |
2017 |
| Andrew Tye (Gujarat Lions) |
GL vs RPS | Rajkot | Ankit Sharma Manoj Tiwary Shardul Thakur |
2017 |
| Jaydev Unadkat (RPS) |
KXIP vs DC | Punjab | Harshal Patel Kagiso Rabada Sandeep Lamichhane |
2019 |
| Shreyas Gopal (RR) |
RCB vs RR | Bangalore | Virat Kohli AB de Villiers Marcus Stoinis |
2019 |
| Harshal Patel (RCB) |
RCB vs MI | Dubai | Hardik Pandya Kieron Pollard Rahul Chahar |
2021 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) |
RR vs KKR | Mumbai | Shreyas Iyer Shivam Mavi Pat Cummins |
2022 |
| Rashid Khan (GT) | GT vs KKR | Ahmedabad | Andre Russell Sunil Narine Shardul Thakur |
2023 |
