The United Arab Emirates (UAE) leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan was born on October 8 in the year 2000. He is currently 22 years of age and plays for the UAE national cricket team. The right-arm legbreak bowler became the first to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup 2022 taking place in Australia. He was bowling in the match against Sri Lanka for UAE in which he dismissed middle-order batters Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka and the Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka to register his first hat-trick.



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Sri Lanka finished the first innings at 152/8 after 20 overs as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) display a brilliant bowling performance in the middle overs. Karthik Meiyappan became the first bowler in T20 World Cup 2022 to take hat-trick.


Meiyappan finished his four over spell with 3 wickets and giving away 19 runs. After his hat-trick his celebration was full of fire as the adrenaline rushed into the youngster.


Checkout Meiyappan's hat-trick video here...



Karthik Meiyappan T20I stats


Matches - 13


Wickets - 21


Economy rate - 6.95


During the 15th over, it was Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Nissanka batting in the middle. Sri Lanka were 114/2 when the leg-spinner decided to shook the middle order with three googlies in a row which got him the hat-trick. Rajapaksa was the first fish he got, then Asalanka (left-hander) and then he bowled in the captain Dasun Shanaka for a duck. Karthik made his T20I debut at the ICC Academy Ground in a match against Ireland.