NEW DELHI: Australia pace spearhead Pat Cummins became the first bowler to take back-to-back hat-tricks in T20Is to ensure the Afghanistan innings ended on a dud after a superb start from the openers in their T20 World Cup Super Eights clash at Kingstown, St Vincent on Sunday.
T20 WORLD CUP: SCHEDULE | POINTS TABLECummins dismissed Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib to achieve the rare feat.
Cummins first had Rashid Khan caught by Tim David at long-on on the last ball of the 18th over.
On the first ball of his next over, Karim Janat was also caught by Tim David at long-on and on the next ball Gulbadin Naib was caught by Glenn Maxwell at deep mid-wicket for Cummins to get to the milestone.
Cummins could have had 4 wickets in 4 balls but Nangeyalia Kharote was dropped by David Warner at deep point.
Riding on the fine bowling performance, Australia restricted Afghanistan to 148/6.
Cummins had taken a hat-trick in Australia's last match against Bangladesh at Antigua on Friday.
Cummins had dismissed Bangladesh's Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Towhid Hridoy for the first hat-trick of T20 World Cup 2024.
TWO HAT-TRICKS IN T20Is- Lasith Malinga (SL)
- Tim Southee (NZ)
- Mark Pavlovic (SER)
- Waseem Abbas (MALTA)
- Pat Cummins (AUS)
HAT-TRICKS IN MEN'S T20 WORLD CUPS- 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
- Pat Cummins (AUS) vs AFG, Kingstown, 2024
AUSTRALIA BOWLERS WITH 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
- Pat Cummins vs Afghanistan, Kingstown, 2024
HAT-TRICKS IN CONSECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL MATCHES- Wasim Akram vs Sri Lanka (Tests, 1999)
- Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh and Afghanistan (T20 WC 2024)
Australia's Jimmy Matthews bagged two hat-tricks in the same Test against South Africa at Old Trafford in 1912The TOI Sports Desk excels in a myriad of roles that capture the ...
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