“I had no idea”: Pat Cummins after taking hat-trick against Bangladesh

Antigua: Australian pacer Pat Cummins said that he had no idea he had accomplished the feat of becoming only the second Australian bowler to take a hat-trick in T20 World Cups before it came on the screen. The 31-year-old scripted history in Antigua after becoming the seventh overall player to claim a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup match. He was also awarded with the man-of-the-match award for his amazing spell.

The pacer, who returned to the team after a rest, now joins compatriot Brett Lee as the only Australian bowler to have taken a hat-trick in a Men’s T20 World Cup, after the legendary right-armer achieved the feat in 2007 also coincidentally against Bangladesh.

“I had no idea, then saw when it came up on the screen. Set batter in, playing the innings, you never know how it’ll go about, so that was a big wicket and happy to have restricted them,” Cummins said in the post-match presentation.

Cummins dismissed Mahmudullah Riyad and Mahedi Hasan on the last two balls of the 18th over before dismissing Towhid Hridoy on the first ball of the 20th over. He finished his spell with figures of 3/29 and was crucial in restricting Bangladesh to 140/8 in 20 overs.

“Fairly polished performance, the goal was to win and we did well with the run-rate, we’ll need to continue with the momentum going ahead in the Super 8s,” said Cummins.

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