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    Who is Afghanistan's hat-trick hero Karim Janat? Key details
    Janat became the second Afghanistan bowler to scalp a T20I hat-trick (Photo credit: Twitter/@ACBofficials)

    Who is Afghanistan's hat-trick hero Karim Janat? Key details

    By Atrayo Bhattacharya
    Edited by Rajdeep Saha
    Jul 15, 2023
    01:01 am

    What's the story

    Afghanistan finished second best against Bangladesh in a last-over thriller in the first T20I in Sylhet.

    It was a cracking contest that was won by Bangladesh by two wickets despite Karim Janat scalping a hat-trick in the last over.

    Janat was superb to scalp under pressure and almost guided Afghanistan to victory.

    He became the second Afghan bowler to claim a T20I hat-trick.

    Hat-trick

    An impressive hat-trick from Janat

    Janat showed his brilliance in the final over. While defending only six runs, he went for a boundary early on.

    However, he removed Mehidy Hasan, who found the mid-wicket fielder with a pull shot.

    Janat then dismissed Taskin Ahmed with a short and wide delivery and lastly, he outfoxed Nasum Ahmed with another short-pitch delivery to complete his hat-trick.

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    Who is Karim Janat?

    Born on August 11, 1998, Janat is a 24-year-old pace bowling all-rounder for Afghanistan.

    Janat hails from Kabul and has represented Afghanistan at various levels starting from the U-19 team to the Afghanistan A side.

    He is the younger brother of former Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan.

    Janat made his international debut against UAE in 2016 and was also adjudged the Man of the Match.

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    The second Afghanistan bowler to claim a T20I hat-trick

    Janat has the second Afghanistan bowler to claim a T20I hat-trick after spin wizard Rashid Khan.

    Rashid registered his T20I hat-trick against Ireland in 2019. He did one better by scalping four wickets in as many balls.

    Meanwhile, Janat has claimed the 50th hat-trick in the shortest format (internationals).

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    5th bowler to claim a hat-trick against Bangladesh

    Janat is now the fifth bowler to claim a hat-trick against Bangladesh in the 20-over format.

    Former Australia speedster Brett Lee was the first to do so in September 2007.

    Former Lankan ace Lasith Malinga claimed a hat-trick in 2017.

    India's Deepak Chahar joined the duo in November 2019.

    Australia's Nathan Ellis claimed the fourth hat-trick in August 2021.

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    A look at his overall numbers

    Courtesy of the hat-trick, Janat has snapped 37 wickets in 48 T20Is at an average of 26.81.

    His best T20I bowling figures of 5/11 came against West Indies in 2019 in Lucknow.

    With the bat, he has amassed 488 runs in 48 T20Is at 18.07 (50s: 3).

    In T20s, Janat has claimed 93 wickets, besides amassing 1,650 runs in 108 matches.

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    Summary

    How did the match pan out?

    Afghanistan were off to a poor start. They were reeling at 32/3 inside five overs. Mohammad Nabi (54*) played a fighting knock as Afghanistan posted 154/7.

    In reply, Bangladesh had a similar start at 64/4 in 10.1 overs. But Tawhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain's contribution kept Bangladesh in the game.

    Janat kept Afghanistan in the game, but Bangladesh crossed the line eventually.

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