Cricket is a gentleman’s game, this is one of the most popular lines in the sports fraternity. Well, talking of cricket, the debate around which skill set- batting or bowling- is more crucial to a team’s success is unending.
That’s because the answer can never be one-sided, as both aspects are equally pivotal and thrilling to watch. On one side, there's a run feast while on the other, there’s the delightful sound of the ball hitting the timber.
But do you know what’s even better, getting not just 1, not two, but three wickets back-to-back? Yes, we’re discussing one of the bowler’s greatest milestones, the hat-trick!
Over the years we’ve seen some of the most amazing and dramatic dismissals in the Indian Premier League and when they come one after another, it's just as crazy as it can get. And no one has done it more than champion wrist-spinner Amit Mishra (3).
Most Hat Tricks Stats are as follows:-
| 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 |
List of all Hat Tricks in IPL
| Sr. No. | Player | Team | Venue | Victims | Against | Season |
| 1 | Lakshmipathy Balaji | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | IK Pathan, PP Chawla, VRV Singh | Punjab Kings | 2008 |
| 2 | Amit Mishra | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | DB Ravi Teja, PP Ojha, RP Singh | Deccan Chargers | 2008 |
| 3 | M Ntini | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata | SC Ganguly, DB Das, DJ Hussey | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2008 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab Kings | Durban | RV Uthappa, JH Kallis, MV Boucher | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2009 |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma | Deccan Chargers | Centurion | AM Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy | Mumbai Indians | 2009 |
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab Kings | Johannesburg | HH Gibbs, A Symonds, Y Venugopal Rao | Deccan Chargers | 2009 |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | DR Martyn, S Narwal, P Dogra | Rajasthan Royals | 2010 |
| 8 | Amit Mishra | Deccan Chargers | Dharamsala | R McLaren, Mandeep Singh, RJ Harris | Punjab Kings | 2011 |
| 9 | Ajit Chandila | Rajasthan Royals | Jaipur | JD Ryder, SC Ganguly, RV Uthappa | Pune Warriors | 2012 |
| 10 | Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali | DJ Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh | Punjab Kings | 2013 |
| 11 | Amit Mishra | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Pune | B Kumar, R Sharma, AB Dinda | Pune Warriors | 2013 |
| 12 | Pravin Tambe | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad | MK Pandey, YK Pathan, RN ten Doeschate | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2014 |
| 13 | Shane Watson | Rajasthan Royals | Ahmedabad | S Dhawan, MC Henriques, KV Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2014 |
| 14 | Axar Patel | Punjab Kings | Rajkot | KD Karthik, DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja | Gujrat Lions | 2016 |
| 15 | Samuel Badree | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bengaluru | PA Patel, MJ McClenaghan, RG Sharma | Mumbai Indians | 2017 |
| 16 | Andrew Tye | Gujrat Lions | Rajkot | Ankit Sharma, MK Tiwary, SN Thakur | Rising Pune Supergiants | 2017 |
| 17 | Jaydev Unadkat | Rising Pune Supergiants | Hyderabad (Deccan) | Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, B Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 2017 |
| 18 | Sam Curran | Punjab Kings | Chandigarh | HV Patel, K Rabada, S Lamichhane | Delhi Capitals | 2019 |
| 19 | Shreyas Gopal | Rajasthan Royals | Bengaluru | V Kohli, AB de Villiers, MP Stoinis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2019 |
| 20 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Dubai (DSC) | HH Pandya, KA Pollard, RD Chahar | Mumbai Indians | 2021 |
| 21 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | Brabourne | SS Iyer, Shivam Mavi, PJ Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2022 |
| 22 | Rashid Khan | Gujarat Titans | Ahmedabad | Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur | Kolkata Knight Riders | 2023 |
FAQs
Q. Who has the most number of IPL hat tricks?
Ans. Amit Mishra has the most number of IPL hat-tricks in the history of IPL as he has got three hat-tricks to his name.
Q. Who took the first hat-trick of the IPL?
Ans. Lakshmipathy Balaji, playing for Chennai Super Kings, took the first-ever hat-trick in the history of IPL. The former Indian pacer claimed the feat against Punjab Kings in the inaugural season.
Q. Which team has the most hat-tricks in the IPL?
Ans. The Rajasthan Royals franchise have five hat-tricks to their name which is the highest by any team in the IPL. Here are the bowlers who grabbed three wickets in three balls for the Royals:
Ajit Chandila v PWI, 2012.
Praveen Tambe v KKR, 2014.
Shane Watson v SRH, 2014.
Shreyas Gopal v RCB, 2019.
Yuzvendra Chahal v KKR, 2022
Q. Which bowler has taken a hat-trick of hat-tricks in the IPL?
Ans. Veteran leggie Amit Mishra holds the record of a hat-trick of hat-tricks in the IPL. He achieved the feat during the 2008, 2011 and the 2013 seasons.
