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.
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Cummins 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, 2007Curtis Campher (IRE) vs NED, Abu Dhabi, 2021Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) vs SA, Sharjah, 2021Kagiso Rabada (SA) vs ENG, Sharjah, 2021Karthik Meiyappan (UAE) vs SL, Geelong, 2022Joshua Little (IRE) vs NZ, Adelaide, 2022Pat Cummins (AUS) vs BAN, Antigua, 2024Pat Cummins (AUS) vs AFG, Kingstown, 2024
AUSTRALIA BOWLERS WITH HAT-TRICKS IN T20Is
Brett Lee vs Bangladesh, Cape Town, 2007Ashton Agar vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2020Nathan Ellis vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2021Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh, Antigua, 2024Pat Cummins vs Afghanistan, Kingstown, 2024HAT-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 1912
