IPL Hat-Tricks list- In cricket, taking a hat-trick is regarded as one of the biggest achievements for a bowler. Taking three wickets in 3 consecutive balls is a dream for every bowler. In tournaments like IPL, it’s never been easy for bowlers to take a hat-trick. But still, many bowlers have achieved this feat.
In IPL total of 15 seasons have been played, and there have been a few seasons in which we haven’t seen a single hat-trick, whereas there have been a few seasons in which we have seen multiple hat-tricks. Here in this article, we list all the hat-tricks in IPL that ever happened. But before that, we will be answering the most asked questions related to hat-tricks in IPL.
1) Who took the first hat-trick in IPL?
It was Lakshmipathy Balaji of Chennai Super Kings who took the first-ever hat-trick in IPL in the inaugural season of IPL in 2008 against Punjab Kings. He dismissed Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, and VRV Singh.
2) Who has taken the most hat tricks in IPL?
Amit Mishra has taken the most hat-tricks in IPL. He has taken a total of 3 hat-tricks in IPL. His first hat-trick was in IPL 2008 for Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) against Deccan Chargers. Mishra’s second hat-trick was for Deccan Chargers in IPL 2011 against Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab). His last and third IPL hat trick came against Pune Warriors India when he played for Sunriseres Hyderabad.
3) Which IPL season has the most IPL Hat-tricks?
IPL 2008, IPL 2009, and IPL 2017 have witnessed the most hat-tricks in a single IPL season. Total of 3 hat tricks have been taken in each of these IPL seasons.
4) Total Number of Hat-tricks in IPL till now
A total of 22 hat-tricks have been taken in 16 IPL seasons.
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5) Which team has taken the most Hat-tricks in IPL
Rajasthan Royals have the record for the most hat-trick in IPL. Players of Rajasthan Royals have taken 5 hat-tricks in IPL.
6) Aginst which team most hat-tricks have been taken
Four hat-tricks have been taken against Kolkata Knight Riders, which is the most against a single team in IPL. After that, Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings are the teams against whom hat-tricks have been taken three times in the IPL.
List of all the IPL Hat-tricks
| 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 |
| 11 | Amit Mishra | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 4/19 | Pune Warriors India | 2013 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda |
| 12 | Pravin Tambe | Rajasthan Royals | 3/26 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2014 | Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate |
| 13 | Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | 3/13 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2014 | Shikhar Dhawan, Moses Henriques, Karn Sharma |
| 14 | Axar Patel | Punjab Kings | 4/21 | Gujarat Lions | 2016 | Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja |
| 15 | Samuel Badree | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 4/9 | Mumbai Indians | 2017 | Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rohit Sharma |
| 16 | Andrew Tye | Gujarat Lions | 5/17 | Rising Pune Supergiants | 2017 | Ankit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary, Shardul Thakur |
| 17 | Jaydev Unadkat | Rising Pune Supergiant | 5/30 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2017 | Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar |
| 18 | Sam Curran | Punjab Kings | 4/11 | Delhi Capitals | 2019 | Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane |
| 19 | Shreyas Gopal | Rajasthan Royals | 3/12 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2019 | Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis |
| 20 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 4/17 | Mumbai Indians | 2021 | Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard,Rahul Chahar |
| 21 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | 5/40 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2022 | Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Pat Cummins |
| 22 | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | 3/37 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2023 | Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur |
- Last updated on 9th April 2023.
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