JD Unadkar hat trick provide the 17th such occasion of bowler performing the feat in the Indian Premier League
JD Unadkat of Rising Pune performed the hattrick against Sunrisers at Hyd-RGS on 06.05.17 to provide the 17th occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Bowler | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1 | L Balaji | Chennai | Punjab | Chennai | 10.05.08 |
| 2 | Mishra A | Delhi | Deccan | Delhi | 15.05.08 |
| 3 | M Ntini | Chennai | Kolkata | Kolkata | 17.05.08 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab | Bangalore | Durban | 01.05.09 |
| 5 | RG Sharma | Deccan | Mumbai | Centurion | 06.05.09 |
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh | Rajasthan | Deccan | Jo’burg | 17.05.09 |
| 7 | Praveen Kumar | Bangalore | Rajasthan | Bangalore | 18.03.10 |
| 8 | Mishra A | Punjab | Deccan | Dharmasala | 21.05.11 |
| 9 | A Chandila | Rajasthan | Pune | Pune-SRS | 13.05.12 |
| 10 | SP Narine | Kolkata | Punjab | Mohali | 16.04.13 |
| 11 | A Mishra | Sunrisers | Pune | Pune-SRS | 17.04.13 |
| 12 | PV Tambe | Rajasthan | Kolkata | Ahmedabad | 05.05.14 |
| 13 | SR Watson | Rajasthan | Sunrisers | Ahmedabad | 08.05.14 |
| 14 | A Patel | Punjab | Gujarat | Rajkot | 01.05.16 |
| 15 | SA Badree | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 14.04.17 |
| 16 | A Tye | Gujarat | Ris Pune | Rajkot | 14.04.17 |
| 17 | JD Unadkat | Ris Pune | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS | 06.05.17 |
JD Unadkat’s hat trick is the fourth hat trick performed during the last over of the match – that is in 20th over. It has also one more coincidence. These four last over hat tricks have witnessed the four bowlers capturing five wickets in an innings. A Mishra and A Tye have returned with identical bowling figures of 4.0-0-17-5 while performing the feat, while L Balaji’s figures read 4.0-0-24-5. JD Unadkat returned with figures of 4.0-1-30-5
| No | Bowler | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Victims | Over |
| 1 | L Balaji | Chennai | Punjab | Chennai | 10.05.08 | I Pathan | 19.3 |
| Bowling figs | 4.0-0-24-5 | PP Chawla | 19.4 | ||||
| VRV Singh | 19.5 | ||||||
| 2 | Mishra A | Delhi | Deccan | Delhi | 15.05.08 | Ravi Teja | 19.1 |
| Bowling figs | 4.0-0-17-5 | PP Ojha | 19.2 | ||||
| RP Singh | 19.3 | ||||||
| 3 | A Tye | Gujarat | Ris Pune | Rajkot | 14.04.17 | Ankit Sharma | 19.1 |
| Bowling figs | 4.0-0-17-5 | MK Tiwary | 19.2 | ||||
| SN Thakur | 19.3 | ||||||
| 4 | JD Unadkat | Ris Pune | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS | 06.05.17 | Bipul Sharms | 19.2 |
| Rashid Khan | 19.3 | ||||||
| B Kumar | 19.4 |
JD Unadkat became the third bowler to perform the hat trick in the ongoing edition of IPL 2017. IPL 2017 became the third edition of IPL to witness three hat tricks. IPL 2008 and IPL 2009 had witnessed three hat tricks. The following table lists the detailed particulars of the feat in each of these three editions
| No | Bowler | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1 | L Balaji | Chennai | Punjab | Chennai | 10.05.08 |
| 2 | Mishra A | Delhi | Deccan | Delhi | 15.05.08 |
| 3 | M Ntini | Chennai | Kolkata | Kolkata | 17.05.08 |
| 1 | Yuvraj Singh | Punjab | Bangalore | Durban | 01.05.09 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | Deccan | Mumbai | Centurion | 06.05.09 |
| 3 | Yuvraj Singh | Rajasthan | Deccan | Jo’burg | 17.05.09 |
| 1 | SA Badree | Bangalore | Mumbai | Bangalore | 14.04.17 |
| 2 | A Tye | Gujarat | Ris Pune | Rajkot | 14.04.17 |
| 3 | JD Unadkat | Ris Pune | Sunrisers | Hyd-RGS |
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