Pat Cummins hat-trick: Australia's Pat Cummins achieved a remarkable feat by taking a hat-trick for the second time in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. After taking a hat-trick in Australia's Super 8 match against Bangladesh on Thursday, Cummins registered the feat once again in Australia's Super 8 match against Afghanistan on Sunday (June 23) by dismissing Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib on three back-to-back deliveries.
This historic achievement makes him the first bowler ever to accomplish two hat-tricks in back-to-back T20 World Cup matches.
List of hat-tricks in ICC Men's T20 World Cups:
Pat Cummins: 2024 vs Afghanistan, 2024 vs Bangladesh
Josh Little (Ireland): 2022 vs New Zealand
Karthik Meiyappan (UAE): 2022 vs Sri Lanka
Kagiso Rabada (South Africa): 2021 vs England
Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka): 2021 vs South Africa
Curtis Campher (Ireland): 2021 vs Netherlands
Brett Lee (Australia): 2007 vs Bangladesh
Pat Cummins' achievements in last one year:
Under Pat Cummins' captaincy, Australia won the World Test Championship.
Pat Cummins-led Australia defeated hosts India to win ICC ODI World Cup 2023.
Australia successfully retained the Ashes with Pat Cummins as captain.
Pat Cummins was awarded ICC Cricketer of the Year 2023.
The lethal Australian pacer was named ICC Player of the Month.
Pat Cummins earned Player of the Match in the Boxing Day Test.
Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad made it to the final of IPL 2024.
Pat Cummins secured two hat-tricks in T20 World Cup 2024, becoming the only bowler to achieve this feat twice in the tournament's history.
At the time of publication, Australia had lost five wickets for 88 runs in 12.5 overs and required 61 runs from 43 balls to secure victory.
Pat Cummins' hat-trick helped Australia restrict Afghanistan to 148/6 in their allotted 20 overs. Opting to bowl first after winning the toss, Australia faced a strong start from Afghanistan, led by Rahmanullah Gurbaz (60 runs off 49 balls) and Ibrahim Zadran who (51 off 48 balls) forged a 118-run opening partnership.
Australia, however, staged a comeback, restricting Afghanistan's scoring rate effectively. Apart from Cummins, Adam Zampa claimed two wickets, with Marcus Stoinis adding one to their tally.