Pakistani player took a hat-trick and performed poorly in the World Cup

After poor performance in T20 World Cup 2024 and exit from the group stage, the players of the Pakistan team had to face a lot of criticism. Due to the disappointing performance of the players, the team first had to face defeat from a team like USA. After this, the Pakistan team had to face defeat even in the match won by the Indian team. But now these Pakistani players are seen in full form in the Lanka Premier League. Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan took a hat-trick of wickets while playing for Colombo Strikers and led the team to victory in a lost match.

Colombo lost the match

The third match of Lanka Premier League was played between Colombo Strikers and Kandy Falcons. In this match, Kandy Falcons won the toss and decided to field. Batting first, Colombo Strikers scored 198 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Wicketkeeper batsman Sadira Samarawickrama scored 48 runs in 26 balls and captain Thisara Perera scored 38 runs in 30 balls. Chasing this target, Kandy Falcons made a great start but the team lost the match after the 13th over of the innings. In which Shadab Khan also took a hat-trick wicket.

Took 6 wickets in 12 balls

Kandy Falcons scored 140 runs in 13.5 overs. At this time the team had lost only 4 wickets. The team had to score 58 runs in 37 balls to win. Which seemed to be happening easily. But after this the wickets of Kandy Falcons started falling and the team lost the next 6 wickets in just 12 balls. These 6 batsmen reduced the team's score to just 7 runs and the team was all out for 147 runs in 15.5 overs.

This is how he completed the hat-trick

Shadab Khan has achieved the feat of taking a hat-trick wicket for the first time in his career. Shadab Khan, who came to bowl the 15th over for Colombo Strikers, gave 6 runs on the first 3 balls. After this, on the fourth ball of the over, Shadab got the captain of the opposing team Hasranga caught out by Mohammad Wasim. Salman, who came to the crease on the next ball, was also bowled by Shadab. On the last ball of the over, Shadab completed his hat-trick by dismissing Pawan Ratnayake LBW. Shadab took 4 wickets for 22 runs in his 4-over spell. Before this, Shadab also played an innings of 20 runs in 17 balls.

Poor performance in the World Cup

Shadab Khan's performance in the T20 World Cup was very poor. Shadab has played 4 matches for Pakistan and he did not get a wicket in any match. Also, he could score only 44 runs with the bat.