The 31-year-old speedster scripted history in Antigua when he became the second Australian player and seventh overall to claim a hat-trick in an ICC T20 World Cup match.
For Australia, Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa were the stand-out bowlers with five wickets among them. Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, and Glenn Maxwell chipped in with one apiece. Only Towhid Hridoy (40 off 28) remained around in the middle and delivered some ferocious smashes to propel Banglad
Ponting, an ICC Hall of Famer and winner of the same accolade in 2006 and 2007, presented his compatriot with the trophy to celebrate his work in 2023.
After his side's 47-run loss against India in the Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup 2024, Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan said that the players thought they could chase down 170-180 runs in Barbados.
An explosive half-century from Suryakumar Yadav and top-class bowling spells from Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh were the highlights as India defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs to start off their ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights clash with a victory at Barbados on Thursday.
Now, India have their remaining matches against Bangladesh (June 22) and Australia (June 24) and they will have to perform well in these to secure a berth in semifinals.
Ahead of his clash against England in the Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen said earlier they had four 'scrappy games' where they managed to clinch wins.
Australia will kickstart their ICC T20 World Cup Super Eights stage against Bangladesh at Antigua on Friday. Australia ended the Group B at the top with four wins in four games. Bangladesh at the other hand, ended at number two in their Group C with three wins and a loss.