A Hat-trick is a very special achievement for a bowler irrespective of the format of cricket. However, taking a hat-trick in the T20 format is even more special because the bowler only gets to bowl a maximum of 24 deliveries in a T20 match. On top of that, the batters are always in the mood to destroy the opposition bowling lineup in the shortest format of the game.
The organizers tend to keep shorter boundaries and flat pitches for T20 league matches. The best example is the recently-concluded Pakistan Super League season, where teams scored 200+ runs with supreme ease.
It highlights how difficult it is to take a hat-trick in a T20 match, but here’s a list of three such bowlers who managed to take three wickets in three successive balls during a knockout game of a T20 league.
1. Issy Wong took a hat-trick in WPL 2023 Eliminator
Mumbai Indians bowler Issy Wong made history last night in the Women’s Premier League by becoming the first-ever player to take three wickets off three balls in the tournament. Wong achieved the feat in the Eliminator match against the UP Warriorz, where she took three wickets off three balls in the 13th over.
The three batters who lost their wickets to Wong in the 13th over were Kiran Prabhu Navgire, Simran Shaikh and Sophie Ecclestone.
2. Rashid Khan took a hat-trick in CPL 2017 Eliminator
Rashid Khan is another player who took three wickets off three wickets in an Eliminator match of a T20 league. Khan achieved the feat in CPL, taking the wickets of Rovman Powell, Andre McCarthy and Jonathan Foo while playing for Guyana Amazon Warriors against Jamaica Tallawahs.
3. Parvinder Awana
Not many fans would remember that Parvinder Awana took three wickets off three balls in the semifinal of CLT20 2014 for Kings XI Punjab against Chennai Super Kings. His three scalps were Suresh Raina, Pawan Negi and MS Dhoni.
