Star snares first hat-trick of T20 World Cup

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A United Arab Emirates spinner snared the archetypal hat-trick of the T20 World Cup connected Tuesday night, but Sri Lanka secured a 79-run triumph astatine Geelong's Kardinia Park contempt his heroics.

Young leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan ran amok during the 15th implicit of Sri Lanka's innings, removing 2nd driblet Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 3rd driblet Charith Asalanka and skipper Dasun Shanaka arsenic the absorption crashed to 5-117.

Unleashing his incorrect 'un connected each occasion, Meiyappan had Rajapaksa caught astatine heavy cover, drew a faint borderline to person Asalanka caught down and produced a gorgeous transportation to disregard Shanaka, giving it other formation and fizzing it betwixt the skipper's bat and beforehand pad.

Sri Lanka managed a mini betterment to station 8-151 and backed it up with a superb showing with the ball, skittling the UAE for 73 runs successful 17.1 overs.

It was a desperately needed triumph for the Sri Lankans, whose pursuit of the super-12 signifier was looking precarious aft a daze 55-run decision to Namibia successful the archetypal lucifer of the tournament.

Right-arm accelerated Dushmantha Chameera spearheaded Sri Lanka's bowling brilliance, ripping done the UAE's apical bid and registering 3-15.

But the astir awesome bowling show of the nighttime belonged to hat-trick leader Meiyappan.

The 22-year-old bagged the UAE's first-ever T20 planetary hat-trick and became conscionable the 5th antheral to person achieved the feat astatine a T20 World Cup, joining Brett Lee (2007), Curtis Campher (2021), Wanindu Hasaranga (2021) and Kagiso Rabada (2021).

"Could not person bowled that shot immoderate better!" Dirk Nannes said of the 3rd shot successful commentary.

"Three batsmen successful a enactment not picking this delivery. Supreme execution. Comprehensively bowled ... magnificent portion of bowling."

Meiyappan wore a beaming grin arsenic helium talked astir the hat-trick during the innings break.

"It decidedly hasn't (sunk in). Getting a hat-trick successful a World Cup game, particularly against a Test-playing federation (in) Sri Lanka — that is truly a large feeling and it truly hasn't sunk successful yet. So (I'm) going done the emotions," Meiyappan said.

"There was not truthful overmuch acquisition disconnected the wicket, but I deliberation it was important for maine to support it stump to stump. So if they miss, I it. And that is each that I did."

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