National team hat-tricks list
Sheoo Mewalal , the first hat-trick scorer for India since independence
The first player ever to score a hat-trick (three or more goals in a match) for India in an international football match was R. Lumsden . He achieved the feat in an official friendly match against Australia on 24 September 1938, at the Sydney Showground , although India lost the match 4–5. This is the only instance when India have lost a game in which a player scored a hat-trick for the team. Lumsden was the only footballer to score a hat-trick for India before independence .[ 1] [ 2] Since independence in 1947, eleven Indian players have scored a hat-trick in an international football match. No Indian player has ever scored more than three goals in a single game. The first player after independence to score a hat-trick for India was Sheoo Mewalal in a 4–0 victory over Burma in the 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament .[ 4]
K. Appalaraju and Sunil Chhetri are the only Indian footballers to have scored a hat-trick more than once. Appalaraju achieved the feat twice in the two-legged tie against Ceylon during the 1964 Olympic Qualifiers . Chhetri has achieved the feat four times , the latest of which came in India's 4–0 victory over Pakistan in the opening match of the 2023 SAFF Championship .[ 5] [ 6] This is also the most recent instance of an Indian player scoring a hat-trick in an international football match. Chhetri's first hat-trick came in the final of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup against Tajikistan , which helped India not only to win the cup but also to qualify directly for the AFC Asian Cup in 2011 , the first time in 27 years that the team reached the final tournament.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Neville D'Souza was the first Asian to score a hat-trick in the history of Olympic football . He achieved the feat in a 4–2 victory over Australia at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] With four goals in three matches, he not only finished the tournament as joint top-scorer but also helped India become the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals of the tournament.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] Shabbir Ali scored the fastest hat-trick for the national team.[ 16] [ 17] He achieved the feat in a 3−1 victory over Indonesia on 16 August 1976, at the 1976 Merdeka Tournament . His goals came at the 7th, 33rd and 35th minutes of the match.[ 18]
As of 29 March 2021, India have conceded nineteen hat-tricks, the most recent being scored by Ali Mabkhout in a 0–6 defeat by the United Arab Emirates in a friendly match.[ 19] [ 20] Branko Zebec was the first player to score a hat-trick against India, scoring four times for Yugoslavia in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics .[ 21] Two other players, Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait in a friendly fixture and Ismail Abdullatif of Bahrain in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup , have also scored four goals against India.[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] The only instance of India not losing a game even after conceding a hat-trick occurred against Yemen in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 4 May 2001, which ended in a 3–3 draw.[ 25]
Hat-tricks for India [ edit ]
As of 21 June 2023 , eleven players have scored a hat-trick for the national team .
Only FIFA -recognized international matches by the India national football team have been considered in the following list.
Result in the table lists India's goal tally first
Neville D'Souza , the first ever Indian and Asian hat-trick scorer at the Olympics
Sunil Chhetri has scored a hat-trick four times, the most by any Indian footballer.
Hat-tricks conceded by India [ edit ]
As of 29 March 2021 , India have conceded fifteen hat-tricks in total.
Result in the table lists India's goal tally first
Branko Zebec of Yugoslavia was the first player to score a hat-trick against India.
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