5 players with a crazy number of hat-tricks in cricket

5. Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra has multiple IPL hat-tricks to his name

Amit Mishra makes up the 5th spot solely for holding the record of three hat-tricks in the history of the Indian Premier League. It also happens to be the world record in the Twenty 20 format and what is more interesting is that each of his hat tricks came while playing for 3 different IPL teams – another unique record for the right-arm leg break bowler. The Indian cricketer who plays for Haryana has also another hat-trick to his name while playing against Himachal Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy.

The first of his 3 T20 hat tricks came while playing for the Delhi Daredevils against the Deccan Chargers at Feroz Shah Kotla on May 15, 2008. Ironically, for his 2nd hat trick he was playing for the Deccan Chargers and his scalps included Ryan McLaren, Mandeep Singh and Ryan Harris of Kings XI Punjab. The final magnificent performance came in 2013 during Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Pune Warriors where Mishra completed his 3rd hat trick and wrote his name in the record books.

He also had the distinction to get most wickets by any bowler in a 5-match series or tournament against Zimbabwe and more impressively equaled the great Javagal Srinath's world record for the most wickets in a bilateral ODI series with 18 wickets.