Cummins is the first bowler to take two hat-tricks in T20 World Cup: Australia’s 8 match winning streak broken; Naib’s best bowling against AUS

A big upset was seen in the 8th match of Super-8 in the T20 World Cup. Afghanistan won over Australia for the first time. The team has broken Australia’s winning streak of 8 consecutive matches in the T20 World Cup.

The match saw excellent bowling. First, Australia restricted Afghanistan to 148 runs after breaking their opening partnership of 118. Pat Cummins took a hat-trick for the second consecutive match and became the first player to take two hat-tricks in the tournament.

The Australian team, which came to play in reply, also crumbled in front of the Afghan bowlers. Gulbadin Naib has performed best against Australia. He took 4 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs.

Records made in the match…

1. Pat Cummins became the only player to take two hat-tricks in T20 World Cup
Australia’s Pat Cummins took a hat-trick in the second consecutive Super-8 match in the T20 World Cup. He is the first player to take two hat-tricks in a World Cup. He took a hat-trick against Bangladesh in the last match. In this match against Afghanistan, he dismissed Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib on three consecutive balls.

2. Australia has won 8 consecutive matches in T20 World Cup
Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs in the Super-8 of the T20 World Cup. With this, Australia’s streak of winning consecutive matches in the T20 World Cup has come to an end. The team has won 8 consecutive matches in the last and this World Cup combined. Australia is the first team to do so. England is in second place in this list with 7 wins.

3. Third-highest partnership of T20 World Cup 2024
The T20 World Cup 2024 has been in favor of bowlers. But still many batsmen performed brilliantly and made long partnerships. In the match between Australia and Afghanistan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran made the third biggest partnership. They made a partnership of 118 runs in 95 balls for the first wicket. At the same time, the biggest partnership of this World Cup is also in the name of these two players when they made a partnership of 154 runs against Uganda.

4. Zampa is the second-highest Australian wicket-taker in a single edition of the T20 World Cup
Adam Zampa took two wickets in 4 overs against Afghanistan. With this, he equaled his own record of being the second top Australian wicket taker in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. He has taken a total of 13 wickets in 6 matches so far. Dirk Nannes is at the top of this list with 14 wickets.

5. Best bowling against Australia in T20 World Cup
Australia, the winner of T20 World Cup 2021, is in great form in this World Cup. But both their class and form failed against the bowlers of Afghanistan. Gulbadin Naib took 4 wickets for 20 runs in his spell of 4 overs. This was the second best bowling performance against the Kangaroos. Earlier, India’s spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had taken 4 wickets for just 16 runs.

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