On this day: Mohammed Shami becomes second Indian to take World Cup hat-trick

Mohammed Shami helped India to a thrilling 11-run win as he became the second Indian after Chetan Sharma to take a hat-trick at the World Cup.

Mohammed Shami dismissed Nabi, Alam and Mujeeb to pick first hat-trick of World Cup 2019.

Mohammed Shami had replaced injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar in India’s playing XI against Afghanistan in Saturday’s World Cup league game and he made an impact.

With Afghanistan needing 16 runs to win in the final over, Shami produced a brilliant hat-trick, thereby becoming the second Indian after Chetan Sharma to take three in three at the World Cup.

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Shami’s feat is also the 10th ever at the biggest stage of the sport. Nabi, who was Afghanistan’s last hope, was well set in the final over. He was caught by Pandya and both Aftab Alam and Mujeeb Ur Rahman were clean bowled by the 28-year-old Bengal pacer.

Sharma’s hat-trick came against New Zealand in 1987, the fourth edition of World Cup, during India’s final group game in Nagpur. Sharma’s hat-trick was also the first-ever in World Cup history.

Apart from Sharma and Shami, there have been eight more hat-tricks at the World Cup, with Malinga having taken two.