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Full name Joginder Singh Rao
Born October 16, 1938, Gurgaon, Haryana
Died October 3, 1994 (aged 55 years 352 days)
Major teams Services
Bowling style Right-arm medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 5 | 642 | 203 | 21 | 7/30 | 9.66 | 1.89 | 30.5 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class span | 1963-1964 |
Despite playing just five first-class matches for Services in the 1963-64 season, Joginder Rao carved a permanent niche in the game's history with a hat-trick on debut and and two hat-tricks in the same innings in the next match. He was the only bowler apart from Albert Trott to manage two hat-tricks in the same game and remains the only cricketer in first-class history to have taken three hat-tricks in his first two games.
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