Sri Lanka's Perera grabs hat-trick against India

File pic of Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera catching out Scotland's Robert Taylor during their Cricket World Cup win over Scotland in Hobart, March 11, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray

(Reuters) - Sri Lankan paceman Thisara Perera became the fourth cricketer to claim a hat-trick in Twenty20 internationals in the second match of the three-game series against India on Friday.

The 26-year-old bowler dismissed Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh off successive deliveries in the penultimate over of the Indian innings to achieve the feat at Ranchi's JSCA International Stadium.