Bowlers To Have Claimed T20 WC Hat-Tricks
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Australia pacer Pat Cummins took the first hat-trick of T20 World Cup 2024 in the Super 8 match against Bangladesh in Antigua.
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Cummins grabbed the wickets of Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan and Towhid Hridoy in consecutive deliveries over two overs.
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The Australian Test and ODI captain finished with figures of 3-29 off four overs as Australia restricted Bangladesh to 140-8.
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Cummins is only the second Australian to take a hattrick at T20 World Cups, and seventh in overall.
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Let's take a look at 6 other bowlers who have taken a hattrick in T20 World Cups:
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The first hat-trick of T20 World Cup was taken by Australia's Brett Lee in 2007. Just like Cummins, Lee had also done it vs Bangladesh.
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Ireland's Curtis Campher registered the 2nd hat-trick of T20 World Cup in 2021 against the Netherlands, ending a 14-year drought.
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Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga scalped the second hat-trick of the 2021 T20 World Cup. He did it against South Africa.
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South Africa's Kagiso Rabada logged the fourth hat-trick in the T20 World Cup and the third of the 2021 edition (against England).
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UAE's Karthik Meiyappan registered the first hat-trick by an associate nation player in the T20 World Cup (vs Sri Lanka, 2022).
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Josh Little became the second Irish cricketer to scalp a T20 World Cup hat-trick. He did the same vs New Zealand in 2022 edition.
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