Pat Cummins Achieves Major Feat as Australia Beat Bangladesh in the Super 8 Clash at 2024 T20 World Cup
On June 21, registering first points in Super 8, Australia achieved a commendable feat against Bangladesh at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound Antigua.
Sealing a 28 run win, Australia gave tough time to Bangladesh, winning via DLS method. Australia won the toss and opted to bowl.
Captain Mitchell Starc removed Tanzid Hasan for a duck, in the first over. Bangladesh then had Litton Das and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto trying to build a partnership. But Adam Zampa removed Litton at 16 breaking the bond. Maxwell took the wicket of Rishad Hossain (2).
Bangladesh’s downfall came as Pat Cummins completed his hat-trick in the 20th over. The pacer took wickets off consecutive balls in the end of the 18th over. First Mahmudullah (2), tried to pull a shot but was hit at the stumps. Next he had Mahedi Hasan (0), caught by Zampa.
Returning in the final over, removed Towhid Hridoy (40), Cummins claimed the hat-trick. It was only the second instance of an Australian bowler picking up a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh was restricted at 140/8 in 20 overs.
In his last T20 World Cup match, David Warner gave an unbeaten half century (53 not out off 35 balls). He helped Australia to make a winning start at Super 8. Openers Travis Head (31) and Warner raced to 60/0 before rain halted the show.
As the match resumed, Aussies lost bit of a momentum as they lost two wickets to Rishad Hossain (2/23 in 3 overs). He removed Head and Mitchell Marsh (1) in quick succession.
Warner was unbeaten as he contributed a significant 50 to the score. Interrupting the play for second time, rain stopped the match. Australia was 100/2 in 11.2 overs, 28 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 72.
The game didn’t end in a proper way as a result of rain but Australia had enough in the tank by then to get the two points by DLS method.
Positing themselves first on the Super 8 points table, India had earlier beaten Afghanistan by 47 runs. Australia currently occupies second place on the table, behind India on Net Run Rate.
Here’s the updated points table of Super 8 Group 1 after the IND vs AFG match:
| Team | Mat. | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| 1. India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2.350 |
| 2. Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.824 |
| 3. Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1.824 |
| 4. Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.350 |
Tabinda Mir is a writer from Kashmir. She is an English Honours graduate and her interests primarily dwell in poetry and sports writing. She likes to cover Cricket as an avid fan. Apart from sports, her other publications include articles, poems and a letter to summer in the book titled, “Under The Summer Skies”.
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