Harshal Patel bagged a hat-trick and helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat holders Mumbai Indians by 54 runs in the Indian Premier league on Sunday.
Patel flattened Mumbai’s batting with his medium-pace bowling as he sent back Hardik Pandya (3), Kieron Pollard (7) and Rahul Chahar (0) to get his first IPL hat-trick and return with figures of 4/17.
IPL 2021, RCB vs MI as it happened: Harshal Patel bags a hat-trick as Bangalore win by 54 runs
“I was thinking if the batters can’t pick my slower balls then the bowlers also will find it difficult to spot (referring to Rahul Chahar’s wicket that got him the hat-trick),” said Patel after the match. “I just bet on that. This was my sixth time being on a hat-trick and I finally got one, so pretty happy.”
RCB skipper Virat Kohli added: “What Harshal did tonight was unbelievable.”
Patel became the 17th bowler to take a hat-trick in the IPL. Amit Mishra has claimed a record three hat-tricks in IPL history, Yuvraj Singh bagged two, while 15 other bowlers, including Patel, have taken one each.
Here’s a look at all the hat-tricks taken in IPL history:
Hat-tricks in IPL
| Bowler | No of hat-tricks |
|---|---|
| Amit Mishra | 3 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 |
| 15 other bowlers | 1 |
List of Hat-tricks in the IPL
| Player | For | Against | Hat-trick wickets | Final figures | Venue | Match date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harshal Patel | RCB | MI | HH Pandya, KA Pollard, RD Chahar | 4/17 (3.1 overs) | Dubai International Stadium | 26 September 2021 |
| Shreyas Gopal | RR | RCB | V Kohli, AB de Villiers, MP Stoinis | 3/12 (1 over) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 30 April 2019 |
| Sam Curran | PBKS | DC | HV Patel, K Rabada, S Lamichhane | 4/11 (2.2 overs) | IS Bindra Stadium | 01 April 2019 |
| Jaydev Unadkat | RPS | SRH | Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, B Kumar | 5/30 (4 overs) | Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium | 06 May 2017 |
| Andrew Tye | GL | RPS | Ankit Sharma, MK Tiwary, SN Thakur | 5/17 (4 overs) | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 14 April 2017 |
| Samuel Badree | RCB | MI | PA Patel, MJ McClenaghan, RG Sharma | 4/9 (4 overs) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 14 April 2017 |
| Axar Patel | PBKS | GL | KD Karthik, DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja | 4/21 (4 overs) | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | 01 May 2016 |
| Shane Watson | RR | SRH | S Dhawan, M Henriques, KV Sharma | 3/13 (2 overs) | Narendra Modi Stadium | 08 May 2014 |
| Pravin Tambe | RR | KKR | MK Pandey, YK Pathan, RN ten Doeschate | 3/26 (4 overs) | Narendra Modi Stadium | 05 May 2014 |
| Amit Mishra | SRH | PWI | B Kumar, R Sharma, AB Dinda | 4/19 (4 overs) | Maharashtra Cricket Association's International Stadium | 17 April 2013 |
| Sunil Narine | KKR | PBKS | DJ Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh | 3/33 (4 overs) | IS Bindra Stadium | 16 April 2013 |
| Ajit Chandila | RR | PWI | JD Ryder, SC Ganguly, RV Uthappa | 4/13 (4 overs) | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 13 May 2012 |
| Amit Mishra | DEC | PBKS | R McLaren, Mandeep Singh, RJ Harris | 4/9 (4 overs) | HPCA Stadium | 21 May 2011 |
| Praveen Kumar | RCB | RR | DR Martyn, S Narwal, P Dogra | 3/18 (4 overs) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | 18 March 2010 |
| Yuvraj Singh | PBKS | DEC | HH Gibbs, A Symonds, Y Venugopal Rao | 3/13 (4 overs) | New Wanderers Stadium | 17 May 2009 |
| Rohit Sharma | DEC | MI | AM Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, JP Duminy | 4/6 (2 overs) | Supersport Park | 06 May 2009 |
| Yuvraj Singh | PBKS | RCB | RV Uthappa, JH Kallis, MV Boucher | 3/22 (4 overs) | Kingsmead | 01 May 2009 |
| Makhaya Ntini | CSK | KKR | SC Ganguly, DB Das, DJ Hussey | 4/21 (4 overs) | Eden Gardens | 18 May 2008 |
| Amit Mishra | DC | DEC | DB Ravi Teja, PP Ojha, RP Singh | 5/17 (4 overs) | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 15 May 2008 |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | CSL | PBKS | IK Pathan, PP Chawla, VRV Singh | 5/24 (4 overs) | Chidambaram | 10 May 2008 |
With iplt20.com and ESPNCricinfo Statsguru inputs