New Delhi: It was on this day, 14 years ago, when former Australian pacer Brett Lee became the first player to take a hat-trick in T20I cricket.
He achieved the feat against Bangladesh in the inaugural T20 World Cup. The match between Australia and Bangladesh was played at Newlands, Cape Town.
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In the match between Bangladesh and Australia, the former batted first and managed to score just 123/8 in the allotted twenty overs. Lee took the hat-trick in the 17th over of the innings as he dismissed Shakib-Al-Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, and Alok Kapali.
The Australian pacer returned with the figures of 3-27 from his four overs. Australia then chased down the total with nine wickets in hand and 37 balls to spare.
Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting remained unbeaten on 73 and 6 respectively. To date, there have been 14 hat-tricks taken in the history of T20I cricket.
The latest was taken by Nathan Ellis of Australia against Bangladesh earlier this year. Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga has taken two hat-tricks in T20I cricket.
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He achieved the feat against Bangladesh and New Zealand. Deepak Chahar is the only Indian to have taken a hat-trick in the shortest format of the game as he achieved the feat against Bangladesh in 2019.
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