<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Karthik Meiyappan of the United Arab Emirates took the first hat-trick of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia on Tuesday, stunning Sri Lanka.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Asian champions Sri Lanka were motoring at 117-2 in the 15th over when the leg-break bowler struck, removing Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka and Dasun Shanaka in successive balls. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>