Hasan Mahmud bagged a hat-trick for Bangladesh against Afghanistan© AFP
Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud etched his name into the country’s cricketing history books by becoming the first fast bowler from Bangladesh to claim a Test hat-trick, delivering a phenomenal spell against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi. Running riot with the ball, Mahmud bagged a triple-wicket maiden as he tore through the lower order in consecutive deliveries. He started the hat-trick by knocking over Ismat Alam with a sharp delivery, followed up immediately by inducing an outside edge off Qais Ahmad, which was brilliantly taken low to his right by wicketkeeper Litton Das.
Mahmud then completed the landmark feat by trapping Zia-ur-Rehman lbw via a successful DRS review, making him only the third Bangladeshi bowler overall and the very first pacer to complete a Test hat-trick.
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