AUS vs BAN: Hat-trick hero Pat Cummins says he was unaware about feat at first

Australia’s hat-trick hero Pat Cummins claimed that he had no idea he had achieved the feat against Bangladesh in Anitgua on June 21, Friday before it was shown on the big screen. Cummins, who came back into the lineup after a rest, was in fine form as he became the second Aussie bowler to pick up a hat-trick in T20 World Cups after the legendary Brett Lee.

Cummins picked up the wickets of Mahmudullah and Mahedi Hasan in the 18th over, before getting the hat-trick in the first ball of the final over of the Bangladesh innings. Cummins’ hat-trick helped Australia restrict Bangladesh to 140 runs. David Warner’s 53 would then help Australia secure the win in the match that was affected by rain before being called off in the end as the Aussies secured a 28-run win via DLS method.

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Cummins, at the post-match presentation, said he was happy to get the wicket of Hridoy, who was well-set, and restrict Bangladesh’s total to just 140.

“I had no idea (on the hat-trick), 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 (on Hridoy’s wicket) and happy to have restricted them,” said Cummins.

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Polished performance

Cummins opened up about the bench strength of the side as they have Nathan Ellis and Ashton Agar waiting in the wings. The pacer said it was a fairly polished performance from the side in the game against Bangladesh and their main goal was to secure the win.

Cummins was happy they also got a boost in the run-rate and hopes to keep the momentum going in the Super 8s.

“Agar and Ellis have been on the bench for us, that shows the depth we have in the bowling unit. 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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The win helped Australia go top of Group 1 over India on net run-rate and they will face Afghanistan next on June 22.