Australia’s premier fast bowler, Pat Cummins, created history in St Vincent on Saturday by becoming the first player to register a hat-trick in consecutive ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches.
Cummins secured a hat-trick over two overs against Bangladesh on Thursday and repeated the feat against Afghanistan, dismissing Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, and Gulbadin Naib with three consecutive deliveries.
This marks just the eighth time a bowler has completed a hat-trick at a Men’s T20 World Cup and the first time a player has achieved it on multiple occasions.
Cummins joins an elite group of seven players who have taken a hat-trick at a Men’s T20 World Cup, including Brett Lee (2007), Curtis Campher (2021), Wanindu Hasaranga (2021), Kagiso Rabada (2021), Karthik Meiyappan (2022), and Josh Little (2022).
While Cummins admitted he was unaware of his hat-trick during the Bangladesh match, he revealed he was fully aware of his achievement this time around. “I remembered that one,” Cummins said during the innings break. “It’s crazy that I have played 100-odd games for Australia and now I have got two (hat-tricks) in a row.”
Source: ICC
