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List of Hat-Tricks in ODI World Cup History

Many bowlers have taken a five-wicket haul in the ODI World Cup, but a few have managed to take a hat-trick in this pinnacle event.

Dismissing batters on consecutive deliveries is not easy, let alone on 3 consecutive deliveries. However, some ace bowlers have achieved this feat in a tournament like the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

In this article, let’s take a look at the bowlers who have grabbed a hat-trick in ODI World Cup history.

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Hat-Tricks in ODI World Cup

Player	Batters Dismissed	Against	Venue	Year
Chetan Sharma (IND)	Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	Nagpur	1987
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	Henry Olonga, Adam Huckle, Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe	The Oval	1999
Chaminda Vaas (SL)	Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful, Ehsanul Haque	Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	2003
Brett Lee (AUS)	Kennedy Otieno, Brijal Patel, David Obuya	Kenya	Durban	2003
Lasith Malinga (SL)	Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	Guyana	2007
Kemar Roach (WI)	Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk	Netherlands	Delhi	2011
Lasith Malinga (SL)	Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche	Kenya	Colombo	2011
Steven Finn (ENG)	Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson	Australia	Melbourne	2015
JP Duminy (SA)	Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Tharindu Kaushal	Sri Lanka	Sydney	2015
Mohammed Shami (IND)	Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	Southampton	2019
Trent Boult (NZ)	Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff	Australia	Lord’s	2019

Key Stats

1: India’s Chetan Sharma became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the ODI World Cup. He took 3 consecutive wickets against New Zealand in Nagpur in the 4th edition of the tournament.

2: Number of bowlers from India and Sri Lanka each who have picked up a hat-trick in the 50-over tournament. Apart from Sharma, Mohammed Shami picked up 3 consecutive wickets against Afghanistan in the 2019 edition. Talking about Sri Lanka, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga claimed hat-tricks in the tournament.

2: Yorker King Lasith Malinga is the only bowler who has picked up 2 hat-tricks in ODI World Cup history. His first came in the 2007 edition, while the second one came in the 2011 edition.

4: Malinga’s first hat-trick is even more special as he not only picked up 3 wickets, but he picked up 4 wickets in a row, making it a double hat-trick. And he is the only bowler to grab 4 wickets in 4 consecutive deliveries in the ODI format. Moreover, he has achieved this feat in the T20I format as well.

Saurabh Chede

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