Did an amazing job by taking a hat-trick in just 2 balls, a feat that is impossible to repeat in IPL.

New Delhi. Indian Premier League 2026 is about to start. Many records have been made in this tournament so far, but there is one such record which after listening to it, everyone's mind wanders for a few moments. When a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive balls, it is called a hat-trick. A total of 19 hat-tricks have been recorded in the Indian Premier League (IPL) so far in 13 seasons (2008-2020). Amit Mishra has taken maximum 3 IPL hat-tricks. There has been an incident in IPL when a bowler completed a hat-trick in just two balls. Yes, you read it right, three wickets in just 2 balls but there is a catch in it.

Praveen Tambe is one of the oldest players to play in IPL. He played his second season for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in IPL 2014. In the league match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Tambe came to bowl the 16th over and performed a feat which is astonishing to think about. Although he took a hat-trick by taking three wickets, which is a very common thing in cricket, but in this he bowled only two legal balls. Let us understand how this happened.

He bowled a googly on the first ball, which Manish Pandey missed and was stumped by Sanju Samson. A wicket came on this ball but due to the ball being wide, Praveen Tambe got the wicket without bowling any legal ball. This ball was also wide. Tambe dismissed Yusuf Pathan on the first legal ball of the over and sent Ryan ten Doeschate to the pavilion on the very next ball. In this way he completed a hat-trick in two legal balls and became only the second player after Isuru Udana to do so.

Rajasthan Royals leg spinner Praveen Tambe took a hat-trick in two balls and became only the second player to do so in the history of IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders, playing against Rajasthan, became the first team in IPL history, which lost the match despite an opening partnership of 100 runs. Tambe took a hat-trick in the 16th over. Sri Lankan left arm fast bowler Isuru Udana was the first to achieve this feat. He took three wickets in two legal balls for Wayamba against Central Districts in Port Elizabeth during the 2010 Champions League T20.