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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Shreyas Gopal gets hat-trick against Baroda; enters list of elites with most T20 hat-tricks

Shreyas Gopal grabbed this third career hat-trick in T20 cricket while playing against Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The Karnataka all-rounder enters the list of elite players with the most hat-tricks in T20 Cricket.

Soumit BhattacharyaDecember 4, 2024 at 10:23 AM • 3 min read
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Shreyas Gopal gets hat-trick against Baroda; enters list of elites with most T20 hat-tricks
Shreyas Gopal grabbed this third career hat-trick in T20 cricket while playing against Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The Karnataka all-rounder enters the list of elite players with the most hat-tricks in T20 Cricket.

Karnataka all-rounder Shreyas Gopal grabbed a stunning hat-trick against Baroda in the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to enter a respectable list of legendary players. Playing for Karnataka, the leg-spinning all-rounder dismissed star Baroda cricketers such as Hardik Pandya, and Krunal Pandya for golden ducks. 

Gopal dismissed Shashwat Rawat who scored a scorching 63 off 37 balls to pick up the momentum for the Karnataka team. Following that, Gopal also dismissed star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya on a golden duck. Hardik's brother Krunal Pandya, who is also the captain of Baroda, faced the same fate as he returned to the pavilion with a golden duck by his name. 

Gopal's sensational hat-trick has undoubtedly excited CSK fans, who are eagerly counting down to see his impact in the upcoming IPL season. CSK secured his services for a base price of 30 lakhs in the recent Mega Auction for IPL 2025. 

However, the 31-year-old all-rounder has entered the globe of cricketing stars after registering his third career T20 hat-trick. He is now positioned third in the list of most hat-tricks in T20 cricket. 

Shreyas Gopal recorded his first T20 hat-trick in Karnataka's face-off against Haryana in the 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy when he picked up the three wickets of Navdeep Saini, Jayant Yadav and Amit Mishra. His second came in the same year while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, as he dismissed Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, and Marcus Stoinis. After almost 5 years, now he has grabbed his third. 

Most hat-tricks in T20 Cricket

Player Nationality T20 Hat-tricks
Rashid Khan Afghanistan 4
Imran Tahir South Africa 3
Shreyas Gopal India 3
Tim Southee, Amit Mishra New Zealand, India 3
Mohammed Shami, Andre Russell India, West Indies 3
Andrew Tye Australia 3

 

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Indian Domestic CricketT20 CricketSyed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

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