New Delhi. It is now becoming common for bowlers to take a hat-trick in T20 cricket. However, it is rare to see a bowler taking 4 wickets in 4 balls. Argentina's fast bowler Hernan Fennel has done this feat.
Feat done against Cayman Islands
He took a double hat-trick in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional America Qualifier match against Cayman Islands. He took 4 wickets in 4 balls. With this, 36-year-old Hernan Fennell has become the sixth bowler in the world to achieve this feat in men's cricket.
Malinga-Rashid have done this feat
Before Hernan Fennell, Sri Lanka's great fast bowler Lasith Malinga, West Indies bowler Jason Holder, Lesotho's Wasim Yakub, Afghanistan's spinner Rashid Khan and Ireland's Curtis Campher have taken 4 wickets in 4 balls in Men's T20 International. Hernan Fennell sent Troy Taylor, Alistair Ifill, Ronald Ebanks and Alessand
Fennell took a hat-trick for the second time
Let us tell you that this is Hernan Fennell's second hat-trick in T20. Earlier in 2021, he had taken a hat-trick in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier against Panama in Antigua. Due to Hernan Fennell's bowling, Cayman Ireland were able to score 115 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.
However, even after this, Argentina lost the match. Argentina scored only 94 runs in the match. In such a situation, Hernan Fennel's double hat-trick went in vain. Hernan Fennel has played 27 T20 matches in his career so far. During this, he has taken 79 wickets. Born in 1988, Hernan Fennel has been a part of the Argentina Under 19 team.
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