Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (3/52) became the first Indian bowler to take two ODI hat-tricks. The 25-year-old achieved the feat in the second game of the ongoing three-match ODI series against West Indies in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
He dismissed Shai Hope (78), Jason Holder (11) and Alzarri Joseph (0) in the 33rd over of second innings.
Kuldeep took his first hat-trick against Australia in 2017 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He then claimed the wickets of Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar and Pat Cummins to steer India to victory.
So now, Kuldeep has joined the elite list of bowlers with two ODI hat-tricks. It includes Pakistan veterans Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq, former Sri Lanka left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas and New Zealand pacer Trent Boult.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Incredible 🙌
— ICC (@ICC)
Yo boyyyyyy well done on your second more power to you 🙌👏👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
HATTTTTT-TRRRRICCCCK! 😍😍😍
Hope 👆
Holder 👆
Joseph 👆Kuldeep Yadav is now the first 🇮🇳 bowler to claim two hat-tricks in International Cricket. 👏
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Kuldeep YadaWWW … Such a confidence booster. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru)
http://twitter.com/ICC/status/1207314216060895234
Kuldeep Yadav now has two hat-tricks for India
Only the second spinner to have 2 ODI hat-tricks (after Saqlain Mushtaq)— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
What a hat trick by ! And predicted the final delivery perfectly for us, an around the wicket wrong un, forcing the batsman to play!
— Joy Bhattacharjya (@joybhattacharj)
HAT-TRICK!!!
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
Brilliant!
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Hat-tricks for India in ODIs:
Chetan Sharma v NZ at Nagpur (1987)
Kapil Dev v SL at Kolkata (1991)
Kuldeep Yadav v Aus at Kolkata (2017)
Mohammad Shami v AFG at Southampton (2019)
KULDEEP YADAV v WI at Visakhapatnam (2019)
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Shai Hope ✅
Jason Holder ✅
Alzarri Joseph ✅Hat-trick for KULDEEP YADAV 🇮🇳🧡
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
http://twitter.com/Fukkard/status/1207317745924104193
