West Indies cricketer Romario Shepherd recorded a T20I hat-trick during the last game of the three-match T20I series against the hosts Bangladesh at Chattogram on Friday (October 31) night.
Romario Shepherd recorded T20I hat-trick against Bangladesh
After Bangladesh chose to bat first, they were all out for 151 runs in 20 overs. In the final over of the innings, Romario Shepherd completed his first T20I hat-trick, which started on his previous over.
On the final ball of the 17th over, the right-arm pacer Shepherd dismissed Nurul Hasan, who was caught at long on for one run.
Shepherd bowled his last over in the 20th over, as he changed his bowling end. On the first two deliveries of that final over of the innings, Shepherd dismissed the opener Tanzid Hasan (89) and Shoriful Islam (0) to complete his hat-trick. While Jason Holder caught Tanzid Hasan, Shoriful was bowled. Shepherd had the bowling figures of 4-0-36-3.
Who was the first West Indies bowler to record a T20I hat-trick?
Romario Shepherd became the second West Indies bowler to record a T20I hat-trick. Jason Holder was the first to record it when he recorded a T20I hat-trick against England during the 2022 Bridgetown T20I.
In Bangladesh's innings, only Tanzid Hasan (89) and Saif Hassan (23) managed to score double-digit runs.
In reply, the West Indies chased down the target in 16.5 overs after losing five wickets, as the Caribbean team won the match by five wickets to complete a whitewash in the three-match away T20I series by winning it 3-0. Captain Roston Chase (50) and Ackeem Auguste (50) scored half-centuries, while the opener Amir Jangoo scored 34 runs.
