Bangalore, Mar 18: Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Praveen Kumar became the sixth player in the history of the Indian Premier League - first in season III - to record a hat-trick during his team's third IPL match against Rajasthan Royals here today.

Brought back into the attack in the 17th over, Praveen removed Damien Martin, Sumit Narwal and Paras Dogra off successive deliveries to join the elite league.

Delhi Daredevils' Amit Mishra, Chennai Super Kings duo of L Balaji and Makhaya Ntini, Kings XI Punjab's Yuvraj Singh (twice) and Deccan Chargers' Rohit Sharma had achieved the feat in the previous editions of the event.

Praveen did not have a particular good start to the over as he began with a wide and followed it up with a delivery that was put away for a boundary by Martyn. - Agencies