Tambe joins list of IPL hat-trick heroes

Pravin Tambe became the ninth hat-trick taker in the IPL after dismissing Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan and R ten Doeschate in the 16th over during Rajasthan Royals’ brilliant win over Kolkata Knight Riders today.

KKR were cruising at 121-0 before Rajasthan skipper Shane Watson took three wickets in the 15th over to dent their confidence. Tambe took full advantage of the under-pressure batsmen and sent back Pandey first — a stumping off a wide delivery before catching Yusuf out himself. The final wicket was of Doeschate who was trapped LBW.

Here’s a list of hat-tricks in previous IPL editions:

2008

- Laxmipathy Balaji dismissed Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla and VRV Singh on the 3rd, 4th and 5th delivery of the final over of CSK vs Kings XI. CSK won the match by 18 Run and man-of-the-match Balaji finished with 5/24.

- Amit Mishra: Now a household name, Amit Mishra shot to IPL fame after removing Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh in the first three balls of the final over of a Delhi vs Deccan Chargers. Mishra could have had a fourth wicket but Dinesh Karthik missed a clear stumping.

- Makhaya Ntini: The South African first got rid of Sourav Ganguly on the last ball of the fifth over before dismissing Debabrata Das and David Hussey in the first two balls of his next over (it was the 17th over of the match, which meant Ntini had to wait for 12 overs to finish his hat-trick). Ntini was playing for CSK against KKR.

2009

- Yuvraj Singh: The then Kings XI player got two hat-tricks in 2009 and both of them came against Deccan Chargers (in Durban & Johannesburg). The first time he got the wickets of  Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher (he took the first two wickets in an over and complete hat-trick in his next over). The next hat-trick was also divided over two overs (the 12th and 14th over again!). This one included the wickets of Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao.

- Rohit Sharma: Yes, you read that right. Sharma, playing for Deccan Chargers then, removed Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh and JP Duminy.

2010

- Praveen Kumar: It was a match-winning hat-trick as PK got Damien Martyn, Sumit Narwal and Paras Dogra in the 17th over which helped RCB dismiss Rajasthan for just 92. RCB chased it down with 10 wickets remaining.

2011

- Amit Mishra: Mishra took his second hat-trick in the IPL when he dismissed Ryan McLaren, Mandeep Singh and Ryan Harris — he was playing for Deccan Chargers against KXIP.

2012

- Ajit Chandila: Jesse Ryder and Sourav Ganguly bit the dust in Chandila’s first over during a Rajasthan vs Pune match — and then he removed Robin Uthappa in the first ball of his next over.

2013

- Sunil Narine: The Mystery Bowler finally got his hat-trick in 2013 when he sent back David Hussey, Azhar Mahmood and Gurkeerat Singh in a KKR vs KXIP match.

- Amit Mishra: A hat-trick of hat-tricks for Amit Mishra as the leggie, this time in Sunrisers Hyderabad colours dismissed tailenders Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma and Ashok Dinda of Pune.