January 29, 2006, is a date etched in the annals of cricket history as the day a young Indian fast bowler named Irfan Pathan announced himself on the world stage with a breathtaking hat-trick against arch-rivals Pakistan. The setting was the third and final Test of India’s tour of Pakistan, a series poised on a […]

On this day, captaining Rajasthan Royals Shane Watson picked up his first IPL hat-trick and 2nd of IPL 2014 season. The match was played against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Ahmedabad, Rajasthan’s adopted home ground. The hat-trick still did not enable RR to win though as SRH managed to defend the smallish total. The hat-trick by Shane […]

On this day in 2014, an amazing turnaround took place at the Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad as Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders almost magically. Rajasthan Royal’ veteran leg-spinner Pravin Tambe got a rare two-ball hat-trick to become only the second player in the history of T20 cricket and the first in the history of IPL […]

Many of the greatest bowlers to have bowled in the game of cricket never managed to conjure the magical feat of a hat-trick of wickets. IPL has a crazy history of hat-tricks though. While Lasith Malinga has no hat-tricks, Yuvraj Singh has two. Going one step ahead, on this day in 2013, Amit Mishra became […]