Samuel Badree becomes the 15th player in history of IPL to take a hat-trick

The first hat-trick in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League came from Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Samuel Badree at Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

RCB put up a total of 143 on the board. But Badree, playing his first game of IPL 10, took a hat-trick in the 3^rd over of the innings itself. His three victims were Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McCleneghan and Rohit Sharma.
Virat Kohli, who played his first game of the season today, handed the new ball to the 32-year old who was also playing his first game of 2017. After bowling 2 overs, his bowling figures read as 2-1-4-3. After his 4 overs, his numbers were 4/9, with dismissing Nitish Rana’s off the last ball of his spell. The hat-trick ball which sent off Rohit Sharma was a googly!

RCB acquired the bowler’s services in the 2016 auctions. He rose to fame with his contributions in the West Indies team winning the ICC T20 World Cup in 2016 and was subsequently retained by the Virat Kohli-captained side.

A total of 15 hat-tricks have been registered in the league’s 10 years history. Here’s the complete list.

1. Lakshmipathy Balaji (Chennai Super Kings) Vs Kings XI Punjab in 2008
2. Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils) Vs Deccan Chargers in 2008
3. Makhaya Ntini (CSK) Vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008
4. Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2009
5. Rohit Sharma (DC) Vs Mumbai Indians in 2009
6. Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) Vs DC 2009
7. Praveen Kumar (RCB) Vs Rajasthan Royals in 2010
8. Amit Mishra (DC) Vs KXIP in 2011
9. Ajit Chandila (RR) Vs Pune Warriors in 2012
10. Sunil Narine (KKR) Vs KXIP in 2013
11. Amit Mishra (Sunrisers Hyderabad) Vs PW in 2013
12. Pravin Tambe (RR) Vs KKR in 2014
13. Shane Watson (RR) Vs SRH in 2014
14. Axar Patel (KXIP) Vs Gujarat Lions in 2016
15. Samuel Badree (RCB) Vs MI in 2017.

Badree’s brilliant effort with the ball ultimately went in vain as Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya took their team out of the trouble and scripted a wonderful win.