New Delhi: Today, in the T20 World Cup 2022, a match is being played between New Zealand and Ireland. In this match, an Irish player has done a great job. The name of this player is Joshua Little. Joshua Little bowled brilliantly against New Zealand, taking his historic hat trick.
It is known that in the T20 World Cup 2022, for the second time a bowler scored a hat-trick. Earlier in the qualifying round, Karthik Meiyappan of UAE took a hat-trick. At the same time, this is Ireland’s second hat trick in the World Cup. Earlier, in the last World Cup of 2021, Curtis Kaempfer took a hat-trick.
Ireland bowler Joshua Little took three wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs in his last match of Super 12 against New Zealand. Batting first, New Zealand scored 185 runs for six wickets. Captain Kane Williamson scored 61 runs in 35 balls.
Joshua Little got his name registered on the pages of history by taking a hat trick in today’s match. Now he has become the sixth bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. Joshua Little first dismissed Kane Williamson. After this, Jimmy Neesham and Mitchell Santner dismissed LBW on the first ball.
It is known that with this feat of Little, a big achievement has been registered in the name of Ireland. Ireland has become the only team whose two bowlers have taken hat-tricks in the T20 World Cup.
- Brett Lee vs Bangladesh, Cape Town – 2007
- Curtis Kaempfer v Netherlands, Abu Dhabi – 2021
- Wanindu Hasaranga vs South Africa, Sharjah – 2021
- Kagiso Rabada v England, Sharjah – 2021
- Karthik Meiyappan vs Sri Lanka, Geelong – 2022
- Joshua Little vs New Zealand, Adelaide – 2022 achieved the second hat-trick in T20 World Cup 2022