5) Kuldeep Yadav”s hattrick against Australia at Kolkata on September 21, 2017

Indians haven”t been great takers of hattricks. There had been only 2 in tests and 2 in ODIS till Kuldeep knocked over Wade, trapped Agar in front and got the nick off Pat Cummins” bat. Kuldeep was having a bad game till then, turned the table with his hattrick. India won by 50 runs. It was also the first ever hattrick by an Indian spinner in ODI cricket.

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