NEW DELHI: Australia’s
Pat Cummins
became the second Australian bowler to claim a
hat-trick
in T20 World Cups during a rain-curtailed Super 8 match against
Bangladesh
. This achievement came as
Australia
secured a 28-run victory via the DLS method at the
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
.
Cummins later disclosed that he realized the feat only when it appeared on the screen.
"I had no idea, then saw when it came up on the screen. Set batter in, playing the innings, you never know how it'll go about, so that was a big wicket (on Hridoy's wicket) and happy to have restricted them," Cummins was quoted as saying by ANI during the post-match presentation.
Cummins made history in Antigua by becoming the seventh bowler to claim a hat-trick in an ICC
T20 World Cup
match. Cummins also joined
Brett Lee
as the only Australian bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in the tournament. Lee's accomplishment also came against Bangladesh in 2007.
Cummins grabbed two quick wickets to close out Australia's 18th over. He removed Hridoy when he returned to start the 20th over, completing the first hat-trick of the tournament. His bowling figures read 29/3 after four overs.
"Few hat-tricks in juniors, never for Australia. It's pretty awesome to tick that off. Good club to be part of," he added.
The fast bowler praised the team's overall performance and emphasized their main objective of winning.
"Fairly polished performance, the goal was to win and we did well with the run-rate, we'll need to continue with the momentum going ahead in the Super 8s," Cummins noted.
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