Pat Cummins Takes First Hattrick of T20 WC 2024 During Australia vs Bangladesh
Antigua: Australia’s Pat Cummins was on fire on Friday as he rattled Bangladesh in a Super 8 game with a hattrick. This also is the first hattrick of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. The hattrick happened in the 18th over of the match as Cummins picked up three wickets of three balls. Cummins’s hattrick was spread over two overs as he picked up two wickets in the 18th over and then he got another one off the first ball of the 20th over. The three wickets feature Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan and Taskin Ahmed. Cummins ended with figures off three for 29 in his four overs.
This is the seventh hattrick in the history of the T20 WC. Brett Lee is the other Australian to have done it. Lee was the first to do it in 2007. Lee picked up the hattrick against Bangladesh itself.
Hat-tricks in Men’s T20 WC
Brett Lee (AUS) vs BAN, Cape Town, 2007
Curtis Campher (IRE) vs NED, Abu Dhabi, 2021
Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) vs SA, Sharjah, 2021
Kagiso Rabada (SA) vs ENG, Sharjah, 2021
Karthik Meiyappan (UAE) vs SL, Geelong, 2022
Joshua Little (IRE) vs NZ, Adelaide, 2022
Pat Cummins (AUS) vs BAN, Antigua, 2024
Meanwhile, Bangladesh managed to post 140 for eight in 20 overs. It would be interesting to see if they can defend this low total.
“We had the experience of playing here last week. We kinda knew what to expect. The wicket is a little bit different from last time. The odd ball is doing something funny, but generally pretty good wicket,” Adam Zampa during the mid-innings break.