Kuldeep Yadav becomes 3rd Indian to bag an ODI hat-trick

List of Indian bowers with hattricks in ODIs

Kuldeep Yadav took a hat-trick as India reduced Australia to 150 for 8 in the second ODI at the Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata on Thursday. With Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade at the crease, Australia had a run-a-ball target to win the second ODI and level the series but Kuldeep’s hat-trick changed the momentum and put India on top of the game. Kuldeep became the third Indian — after Chetan Sharma (1987) and Kapil Dev (1991) — to take an ODI hat-trick. This is also the second hat-trick (third List-A hat-trick) at the iconic Kolkata ground. This is the seventh hat-trick taken against Australia by bowlers. READ: India manage 252 on two-paced Eden Gardens against Australia in 2nd ODI

Winning the toss, India elected to bat first. After losing Rohit Sharma early, skipper Virat Kohli (92) and Ajinkya Rahane (51) provided India with a strong partnership to take the team score past 100. The middle and lower-middle order crumbled without any big contribution, ending India’s innings at 252 after 50 overs. Nathan Coulter-Nile and Kane Richardson bagged 3 wickets each. Apart from the partnership between Steven Smith (59) and Travis Head (39), Australian top-order failed to put up any impactful performance while Kuldeep’s hat-trick rattled the lower-middle order. He first got Wade played on for 2 and Ashton Agar leg before. Pat Cummins failed to read Kuldeep’s googly and edged the third to MS Dhoni, which completed the hat-trick.

Here is a list of all the ODI hat-tricks:

With a victory in the Chennai ODI, India lead the series 1-0.

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