IPL 2018: Bowlers who have picked hat-tricks in the tournament

2. Yuvraj Singh – 2

It was quite a day to cherish for the ace Indian all-rounder as he delivered something, he hasn’t done often. His exploits on the field with the bat and the ball are known to everyone but the bowling skills that enabled him his first hat-trick in the history of IPL was something that amazed the man himself. It was way back in 2009, when IPL was first played on the foreign soil in South Africa, that the Punjab man led from the front and delivered with both bat and the ball but yet failed to take his team over the line.It was in Kingsmead, Durban that Yuvraj dismissed RCB’s Robin Uthappa and Jacques Kallis on the final balls of the 12th over and later on the first delivery of his next over, he trapped Mark Boucher to complete his maiden IPL hat-trick. The feeling was ecstatic as he even hit a 36-ball fifty to add to the team’s tally of runs but still couldn’t propel his team towards victory as the opposition were too good on the given day.

Batsmen dismissed: R Uthappa, J Kallis, and Mark Boucher

Yuvraj was once again right on the money in of the later matches in the same edition. In a game against to be Champions- Deccan Chargers, Yuvraj did wonders for the team and this time in a winning cause as the Kings XI went on to beat the Deccan Chargers in one of the nail-biting finishes by one run. He took his second hat-trick of the season by dismissing  Herschelle Gibbs in the last ball of his second over and then by picking Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao in the 14th over to complete the hat-trick. It was a low scoring game that ended in one of the most dramatic fashions with the Chargers failing to score 134 in their quota of 20 overs.

Batsmen dismissed: Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, and Venugopal Rao