BY SUNIT JANGIR
2019 has undoubtedly been the best year for the bowlers in terms of taking hat-tricks in T20 internationals with Deepak Chahar is the latest inductee in the list of T20I hat-trick takers. In the 3rd T20I between India and Bangladesh on 10 November, Deepak Chahar had not only claimed a hat-trick but also registered the best T20I figures by any bowler as he took 6 wickets for 7 runs and helped India to win the series 2-1. ##
Former Australian and one of the finest pacers in the world Brett Lee was the first to take a hat-trick in the shortest format of the game. He dismissed Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, and Alok Kapali in three successive deliveries to claim a hat-trick in the inaugural T20 World Cup held in South Africa in 2007. ##
Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga and Afghanistan's Rashid Khan shares the record of taking 4 wickets in 4 balls in T20Is. While Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to take more than one hat-trick in T20Is, there are 11 bowlers who have a hat-trick to their name.
Here is the list of the T20I hat-tricks:
SNBowlerAgainstWicketsVenueDate
& YearFinal Figure
1.
Brett Lee (AUS)
Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Alok Kapali
Cape Town
16 September 2007
3/27
2.
Jacob Oram (NZ)
Sri Lanka
Angelo Mathews, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara
Colombo
2 September 2009
3/33
3.
Tim Southee (NZ)
Pakistan
Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal
Auckland
26 December 2010
5/18
4.
Thisara Perera (SL)
India
Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh
Ranchi
12 February 2016
3/33
5.
Lasith Malinga (SL)
Bangladesh
Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mehedi Hasan
Colombo
6 April 2017
3/34
6.
Faheem Ashraf (PAK)
Sri Lanka
Isuru Udana, Mahela Udawatte, Dasun Shanaka
Abu Dhabi
27 October 2017
3/16
7.
Rashid Khan (AFG)
Ireland
Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate
Dehradun
24 February 2019
5/27
8.
Lasith Malinga (SL)
New Zealand
Colin Munro, Hamish Rutherford, Colin de Grandhomme
Kandy
6 September 2019
5/6
9.
Mohammad Hasnain (PAK)
Sri Lanka
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Shehan Jayasuriya
Lahore
5 October 2019
3/37
10.
Khawar Ali (Oman)
Netherlands
Antonius Staal, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe
Muscat
9 October 2019
4/16
11.
Norman Vanua (PNG)
Bermuda
Dion Stovell, Kamau Leverock, Deunte Darrell
Dubai
19 October 2019
3/14
12.
Deepak Chahar (IND)
Bangladesh
Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Aminul Islam
Nagpur
10 November 2019
6/7
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Note - Rashid Khan (7), Lasith Malinga (8) Took 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls. ##
Data as of 10 November 2019 ##
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