4 interesting facts about Hat-tricks taken in IPL history

#3 Two hat-tricks in a single day

Samuel Badree and Andrew Tye took a hat-trick each in a single day.

Two hat-tricks were registered by two different players for two different teams in two different matches on the same day and for the first time, the IPL fans have witnessed 2 hat-tricks in a single day in IPL history.

Date: April 14, 2017

Hat-trick 1: (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians)

Samuel Badree of RCB registered the first hat-trick of IPL 2017 against the MI in Bangalore. Badree took the wickets of Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan and Rohit Sharma in three consecutive balls to claim his first hat-trick in the IPL. Badree was the 2nd West Indian to take a hat-trick in the IPL after Sunil Narine in 2013.

Hat-trick 2: (Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant)

Within few hours, GL pacer Andrew Tye claimed his first hat-trick in the IPL against the RPS in Rajkot. He helped GL restrict RPS to 171 by taking his hat-trick and gave just 4 runs in the last over of the innings. Tye was the 2nd Australian to take a hat-trick after Shane Watson in 2014.

It is interesting that Badree's hat-trick went in vain as MI defeated RCB by 4 wickets and Tye's hat-trick ended on a winning note as GL beat RPS by 7 wickets.