NEW DELHI: Just a few hours after he was presented the
Sir Garfield Sobers trophy
for winning the
ICC
Men's Cricketer of the Year award 2023,
Pat Cummins
took a hat-trick against
Bangladesh
in their T20 World Cup Super 8 clash at
Antigua
on Friday.
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Cummins,
Australia
's Test and ODI captain, dismissed Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Towhid Hridoy to become the fourth Australian to take a hat-trick in T20Is.
Bowling the 18th over of Bangladesh innings,
Cummins
first got rid of Mahmudullah on the penultimate delivery as he edged a slower ball onto his stumps off the inside edge.
Mahedi Hasan played the next ball straight into the hands of Adam Zampa at third man for a first ball duck.
Towhid Hridoy scooped the first ball of the next over into the hands of
Josh Hazlewood
at short fine-leg as Cummins became only the second Aussie, after
Brett Lee
, to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup.
Riding on the fine bowling performance, Australia restricted Bangladesh to 140/8.
HAT-TRICKS IN MEN'S T20 WORLD CUP:
- 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
AUSTRALIA BOWLERS TO TAKE HAT-TRICKS IN T20Is:
- Brett Lee vs Bangladesh, Cape Town, 2007
- Ashton Agar vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2020
- Nathan Ellis vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2021
- Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh, Antigua, 2024
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