Shreyas Gopal claims 2nd hat-trick of IPL 2019, removing Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis
Rajasthan Royal‘s Shreyas Gopal claimed the 2nd hat-trick of IPL 2019 and 19th overall in the tournament’s history removing Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Marcus Stoinis off consecutive deliveries in the second over of five-over innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a run-curtailed Match 49.
Hat-tricks in IPL
| 1 | Laxmipathy Balaji (CSK) | KXIP | 2008 |
| 2 | Amit Mishra (DD) | DC | 2008 |
| 3 | Makhaya Ntini (CSK) | KKR | 2008 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) | RCB | 2009 |
| 5 | Rohit Sharma (DC) | MI | 2009 |
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh (KXIP) | DC | 2009 |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar (RCB) | RR | 2010 |
| 8 | Amit Mishra (DC) | KXIP | 2011 |
| 9 | Ajit Chandila (RR) | PWI | 2012 |
| 10 | Sunil Narine (KKR) | KXIP | 2013 |
| 11 | Amit Mishra (SRH) | PWI | 2013 |
| 12 | Pravin Tambe (RR) | KKR | 2014 |
| 13 | Shane Watson (RR) | SRH | 2014 |
| 14 | Axar Patel (KXIP) | GL | 2016 |
| 15 | Samuel Badree (RCB) | MI | 2017 |
| 16 | Andrew Tye (GL) | RPS | 2017 |
| 17 | Jayadev Unadkat (RPS) | SRH | 2017 |
| 18 | Sam Curran (KXIP) | DC | 2019 |
| 19 | Shreyas Gopal (RR) | RCB | 2019 |
Kohli had started with a bang after the lengthy break with two sixes off the first two balls of the innings bowled by Varun Aaron. A length ball was dispatched over long-off while the second one, an edge, went over the third man boundary. De Villiers added two fours as 23 runs came off the first over.
Gopal’s first three balls went for a six, four and a couple before Kohli mistimed one towards long-on, where Liam Liingstone held on to an easy catch. De Villiers sliced next one to extra cover where Riyan Parag took another easy catch. Stonis, facing the hat-trick ball then drove one straight to mid-on to hand Gopal his second hat-trick of the year. He had taken a hat-trick in the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.