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

6. Praveen Kumar – 1

This was the only hat-trick to be taken in the third edition of the IPL. The honors were done by the RCB’s new ball bowler, Praveen Kumar who did wonders for his team in the game against Rajasthan Royals. He became the sixth bowler to do so and the fifth Indian to inflict a hat-trick in an IPL match. He was on the money with his death bowling skills as the Royals’ lower middle crumbled to some remarkable and accurate bowling on display.

The score read 82 for 4 when he was asked to bowl the 17th over as he made the matter worse for the team from the west. He took Damien Martyn, Sumit Narwal and Paras Dogra on three consecutive deliveries to eventually bowl the team out for a paltry score of 92 runs. It was appreciable for the bowler who started with a boundary off his first delivery but backed it with some great yorker later in the over. Later, Royal Challengers Bangalore chased the target with ease with the loss of no wicket to seal the match by ten wickets. It was a humiliating defeat for the Royals as the batting didn’t showed any promise despite of quality players featuring in their ranks.

Batsmen dismissed: Damien Martyn, Sumit Narwal and Paras Dogra