Cummins Joins Wasim Akram in rare hat-trick list

Pat Cummins picked up a hat-trick when Australia and Afghanistan faced in the T20 World Cup 2024

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Cummins got out the wickets of Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib and Karim Janat in St Vincent

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Cummins in the meantime, become only the 2nd bowler to pick up hat-tricks in back-to-back international matches

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Back in 1999, Wasim Akram got hat-trick against Sri Lanka in Lahore and Dhaka

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25 Years later. Cummins achieved the landmark

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Cummins, earlier, accounted for a hat-trick against Bangladesh

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Against Afghanistan, Cummins finished with figures of 4-0-28-3

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Cummins will now look to carry his form against India in Australia's last Super 8 clash

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