Joginder Singh Rao: Difference between revisions

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| name       = J. S. Rao

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'''Rao Joginder Singh''' whose name was recorded incorrectly as Joginder Singh Rao <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/joginder-singh-rao-the-forgotten-double-hat-trick-hero/story-tIx2JreSLhK3dXEip2YHuO.html|title = Joginder Singh Rao: The forgotten double hat-trick hero|date = 16 October 2018}}</ref> throughout his career (16 October 1938 – 3 October 1994) was an [[India]]n [[cricketer]]: a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only five [[first-class cricket|first-class]] games, all for [[Services cricket team|Services]] in the 1963–64 [[Ranji Trophy]], but who is notable for having not only taken a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] on debut, but for following that up with two more in the ''same innings'' of his second match, one of only two men to have achieved this latter feat (the other being [[Albert Trott]]) and the ''only'' man to have taken three in his first two games.<ref name="HTrecords">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283444.html |title=Two hat-tricks in the same match |date=7 November 2017 |accessdate=7 November 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Born in [[Gurgaon]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], Rao became only the seventh man to achieve the hat-trick on debut when he dismissed three [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]] batsmen as they were bowled out for just 47. Less than a week later, he went one better against [[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]], when he claimed ''two'' hat-tricks in the second innings.<ref name="JR">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28676583/anyone-taken-two-hat-tricks-one-first-class-innings |title=Has anyone taken two hat-tricks in one first-class innings? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> His six victims were: [[Suresh Sharma]], [[Ashok Khanna]], [[Bhupinder Singh (Northern Punjab cricketer)|Bhupinder Singh]]; and [[Rajinder Kale]], [[Ramnath Paul]], [[Bishen Bedi|Bishen Singh Bedi]].

Rao played only three more times, as shortly afterwards he was injured in a [[parachuting]] accident while serving as a Captain in the army. He took up golf and represented India in [[France]] and [[Pakistan]]. He redesigned the Army golf course in the [[Delhi Cantonment]] and the [[Dehra Dun]] golf course.<ref>Obituary in ''[[Indian Cricket (annual)|Indian Cricket 1996]]'', pp. 760-761</ref> He served in the [[Indo pak war|India-Pakistan]] wars in 1965 and 1971, and reached the rank of [[Major-General]] in the [[Indian Army]].<ref name="Wisden">''Obituaries in 1995''. [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]], 1996.</ref>

Joginder Singh Rao equalled [[Charlie Parker (cricketer)|Charlie Parker]]'s world record of three hat-tricks in a single first-class season. He achieved this in 1963–64, around 40 years after Parker. His record was later equalled by [[Dean Headley]] who achieved this feat in 1996.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149503.html | title = 3 Hat-tricks in a season by J.S.Rao | work = ESPN Cricinfo | access-date = 14 September 2016}}</ref>

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