3 Instances of current Indian bowlers taking an ODI hat-trick

Any young bowler who plays for his country aspires to bowl some magical spells at an international level. Taking a hat-trick is one of the big dreams of any bowler. For India in ODI cricket, a total of five hat-tricks have been registered. This article will discuss three instances when current Indian bowlers took a hat-trick in ODIs.

Kuldeep Yadav vs Australia, 2017

In this ODI match played in 2017 between India and Australia, Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly picking up his maiden hat-trick. He dismissed Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar and Pat Cummins in three consecutive balls to claim the hat-trick. Overall, he took three wickets for 54 runs in his 10 overs.

Australia were chasing a target of 253 runs in this game, and they were dismissed for 202 runs in 43.1 overs. Apart from Kuldeep, Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 3 wickets for just 9 runs in his 6.1 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal and Hardik Pandya also took 2 wickets each.

Mohammed Shami vs Afghanistan, 2019

This hat-trick from Mohammed Shami came in the 2019 ODI World Cup. Afghanistan were chasing a target of 225 runs in this game, and they needed to score 16 runs in the last over. Mohammed Shami bowled the 50th over for India, and he gave 4 runs in the first two balls. After this, Shami picked up 3 wickets in the next three balls to claim the hat-trick.

He took the wickets of Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Afghanistan were dismissed for 213 runs and India won this game by 11 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav vs West Indies, 2019

HATTTTTT-TRRRRICCCCK! 😍😍😍

Hope 👆
Holder 👆
Joseph 👆

Kuldeep Yadav is now the first 🇮🇳 bowler to claim two hat-tricks in International Cricket. 👏#SaddaPunjab #INDvWI @imkuldeep18

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) December 18, 2019

Kuldeep Yadav became the first Indian bowler to pick two hat-tricks in ODIs with his excellent spell against West Indies in 2019. He claimed his second ODI hat-trick in this game where the West Indies were chasing a big target of 388 runs. The spinner took wickets of Shai Hope, Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph in quick succession to script victory. India dismissed West Indies for 280 runs to win the game by 107 runs in the end.