United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan, a 22-year-old leg spinner playing just his 13th T20I, in his third over. And, yes, we got a hat trick, Rajapaksa, Charita Asa Lanka , and Shaneka were gone in a flash. He is just the fifth hat trick in a men's T20 World Cup game. He is the one and only player taken a hat trick from ICC cricket Associate countries. But UAE lost this game to Sri Lanka
1st hat-trick in this Men's T20 Worldcup2022
This is the first hat trick in his career
He was the first person from ICC Associate countries to a taken hat-trick
He is the youngest person to take a hat trick in men's T20 World Cup history(22years and 10 days)
He is the first person born in the 21st century to take a hat trick in the men's T20 World Cup.
Overall he is the 5th bowler to take a hat-trick in men's T20 World Cup
Exactly a year ago on this same day, another man took a hat-trick in the men's T20 World Cup2021 His name is Curtis camper. He has taken hat trick against the Netherlands on 18th Oct 2021
Karthik full name is Karthik Palani pan Meiyappan
He is born on 8th Oct 2000 in Chennai and his family settled in UAE permanently in 2012
Meiyappan captained the UAE under-19 cricket team at the 2019 ACC under-19 Asia cup in Sri Lanka, having also played the 2018 ACC under-19 Asia cup at in Bangladesh.
In December 2019, he was named ODI squad for the UAE tri-nation series He made his ODI debut for the UAE, against the USA on 8 December 2019. Later the same month, he was named in the UAE's squad for the 2020 under-19 World cup
It's not often that you find a player beaming after his side has been thumped by 79 runs in a T20 World Cup game, but nothing could wipe the smile off Karthik Meiyappan face following his hat-trick against Sri Lanka.
Karthik, the 22-year-old UAE leg spinner who was born in Chennai and has trained with both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings in the past, put his name up in lights in Geelong with three magical deliveries in three balls to join Brett Lee, Curtis Campher, Wanindu Hasaranga and Kagiso Rabada as just the fifth man to take a hat-trick at a T20 World Cup.
"It still hasn't sunk in, the fact that I've got a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup, and to become the fifth bowler to do so," Karthik said after the match. "It is really a proud moment and feels amazing. But, like I said, it would have been much greater and much better for me if we had won the game tonight."
He was genuine in his disappointment with the result. But Karthik, who moved to the UAE in 2007 when his father began working there, could not have done any more to help his team. He bowled a superb spell of four overs for just 19 runs, including 12 dots. His hat-trick came in his third over, the 15th of the innings, to stall Sri Lanka's momentum after they had cruised to 117 for 2 with more than five overs to go on a difficult batting surface.
Finally, he gives the best performance to his team. All cricket fans please congratulate him
All the best Karthik Palani pan Meiyappan
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