5 part-time bowlers who picked up hat-tricks

3. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma won the Deccan Chargers a match with his hat-trick

India's Rohit Sharma is one of the top limited-overs batsmen in world cricket at present. His exploits with the bat for his national team and also for his IPL side, Mumbai Indians, have won him plenty of accolades from all quarters. Apart from being a prolific batsman, Rohit is also a handy part-time spinner who can contribute a few overs.

One of the surprising milestones that the stylish batsman has achieved in his career is that of claiming an IPL hat-trick. Playing for Deccan Chargers against the team that he would represent in the future, Rohit Sharma was brought in to bowl the 16th over of the match. He picked up Abhishek Nayar and Harbhajan Singh off the fifth and final balls of the over.

Off the first ball of his following over, Sharma removed set batsman JP Duminy, too, and set his team on the course to a 19-run victory.